The athletics comparison isn't fair really because there are no set grounds saying who you have to represent.
There have been a lot more than one former world champion who have changed countries. Fiona May represented Great Britain in long jump for 10 years before jumping to Italy and then she won various gold medals. Merlene Ottey represented Jamaica for over 20 years before going to some Eastern European country.
In football, I personally think you should have bloodline traces to represent countries.
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