Why are most players in the French national football team black?

This problem has a lot to do with French history.

France once occupied a large area of Africa as a French colony.

Many African countries are also independent from colonial governments.

Of course, there are also many people of African descent in France.

So France trained and introduced a large number of excellent players from Africa or Africa.

For example, Bogba, a Guinean, started his career in his hometown (it was really dark).

Paye, who performed well in the European Cup recently, grew up in French reunion island.

And the familiar Zidane and Benzema. Their ancestral home is Algeria. They were a family 500 years ago. . .

In fact, most of the players in the French team have a certain degree of African descent, except for black players. Midfielders Kanter and Matuidi are immigrants who grew up in France.

Similarly, there are many African-American or black players in England and the Premier League, all for historical reasons (Germany would not have played if there were not too many British and French colonies)