BENGALURU, (India): Ever since the FIFA World Cup 2026 began, Indian football lovers have scanned the teams for Indian faces.

X handles like @IndianFootyBest have rounded up all the names: Tahsin Mohammed Jamshid, Qatar forward, who has Malayalee parents; Diogo Costa, Portuguese goalkeeper, a Goan granddad; Sarpreet Singh, New Zealand midfielder, has Punjabi parents. And Samuel Moutoussamy, Democratic Republic of the Congo midfielder, whose father is Tamil.