Only a few footballers have scored a senior international goal against a country they previously represented at senior level.
Declan Rice wrote his name into the record books by joining a very exclusive club at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday evening.
Not since former Swindon Town and Brentford winger Ricky Shakes has a player represented two countries at senior international level - and scored against his former nation. READ MORE: Harry Kane confirms his acts of generosity to football club close to his County Galway family's homeFive years later he won an appeal against FIFA’s decision to block his switch to Guyana and went on to win 14 caps for the fellow CONCACAF nation.
Shakes made two first-team appearances for Bolton before moving to League Two with Swindon and Brentford.The legendary Alfredo di Stefano is one. He scored six goals in six appearances for Argentina in 1947 before he was banned from playing for them by FIFA after he appeared for a Colombia-XI.
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