Irish-born players to play for other international teams?

**Spudulika** · 03/10/2010, 11:28 AM

A guy I played rugby with, Sean O'Neill, played for the Cayman Islands in World Cup qualifiers in rugby, and for some reason I think he played football too.

**EastTerracer** · 03/10/2010, 4:08 PM

Originally Posted by Nagger

Dont know anything about them. Great find though

Did find some more info on them. http://www.liberosports.com/players/...?format=simple and http://www.liberosports.com/players/...?format=simple

One thing that makes me a little wary is that Libero Sports are the same agents that represent one Joseph Lapira

**holidaysong** · 07/10/2010, 9:46 PM

It hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet but Éamon Zayed is set to earn a cap for Libya this weekend.

**Closed Account** · 07/10/2010, 10:18 PM

Originally Posted by holidaysong

It hasn't been mentioned in this thread yet but Éamon Zayed is set to earn a cap for Libya this weekend.

**Charlie Darwin** · 07/10/2010, 10:33 PM

He's carrying an injury so he might not be able to.

**holidaysong** · 10/10/2010, 2:02 PM

Libya vs. Zambia kicks off at 7pm Irish time tonight. Can't find any starting line-up for Libya anywhere yet though (well, nothing in English anyway).

**bennocelt** · 10/10/2010, 5:00 PM

http://www.myp2p.eu/broadcast.php?ma...31&part=sports

How many football nerds will watch this one

Wonder will Paddy Power have a book on it, I wouldnt mind backing him to score a goal

**AlaskaFox** · 10/10/2010, 7:57 PM

Did he play?

**DannyInvincible** · 10/07/2017, 5:52 PM

An in-depth piece from The42.ie on Eamonn Zayed's career in the League of Ireland and beyond: http://www.the42.ie/eamon-zayed-inte...84674-Jul2017/

Originally Posted by Eamonn Zayed

I had finished my Master’s. I was actually contemplating quitting full-time football, going back to part-time football and getting a ‘real job,’ as some people would say. I even interviewed for three or four places, sent out my CV to numerous accountancy and finance firms. What changed it was going to the Libya national team. They called me into a camp. We had a game. We went over for a week. I jumped off a plane and was met by numerous TV cameras in my face. I was going: ‘What the **** is going on here?’ They followed me in training and every day, there were interviews.

They didn’t know anything about football in Ireland. All they knew was ‘this player coming from Europe’. When they think of Ireland, they thought of the national team and ‘Robbie Keane, Roy Keane,’ and that’s what they thought. They thought playing football in Ireland was the exact same as playing football in England, in terms of the setup, the professionalism, the standard — everything. So they made a big fuss about me going over there. And I loved that… You were a star.