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FORMER EUROPEAN STARS WHO COULD HAVE PLAYED FOR BAFANA

ACCORDING to Fifa rules, one can represent a nation if they were born there, if their parents were born there or if the player in question has lived in the country for two years continuously. While Hans Vonk, Pierre Issa and Dean Furman spent the majority of their lives outside South Africa, they qualified to play for Bafana Bafana as they were born in South Africa.

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