BASQUE DIASPORA

Including Basque names, first surnames & players with known heritage not necessarily carrying any names.

Not including some common surnames of Basque origin: (Beltran, Duarte, Garcia, Garces, Mendez, Muñoz, Navarro, Navas, Ordoñez, Ortiz, Sanchez, Sancho)

Mixed Origins:
Acosta, Aguilar, Galeano, Vera, Villalba, Villanueva

Notable Players missing in FIFA22:

Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Flamengo)
Guilherme Arana (CA Mineiro)
Juan Iturbe (Aris Thessaloniki)
Emilio Izaguirre (CD Marathon)

Recently Retired Players:

Pablo Zabaleta
Ezequiel Garay
Manuel Iturra Urrutia

Basque sounding, but Italian:

Franco Baldassarra
Damian Lizio
Guillermo Balzi
Luke Oresti