Not everyone supports the country where they were born or grew up. Sometimes fans are won over by a player, place, population or style of play Footballers need to be born in a country or have a family tie to that place to represent them at the World Cup, but those rules do not apply to supporter...
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/15/world-cup-football-fans-home-country-underdogs)