Norwegian Football Dream Team?

Photo Aftenposten

Check the line up in the Norwegian Dream Team. What is wrong with it? Yes you are right, it is composed of non-ethnic Norwegians. However, although this is just a dream team from immigrants perspective, it is real that immigrants are becoming an important aspect of football in Norway.

Football players with immigrant roots, like John Carew, Ruben L. Gabrielsen, Moammed Abdellause and Alexander Tetty, are a big inspiration for young immigrant boys in Norway. This month we celebrate these dream achievers who are veteran players in the Norwegian national team and many others who have not reached the first eleven national team yet. Many young men look up on them as role models and heros.

John Carew

Because of your achievements, the media can now dare to think of an all immigrant national team. We are honored to reproduce here a list compiled by Aftenposten.no Sports.  The list is not exhaustive as there are many upcoming contenders playing for various clubs around in Norway.

John Carew's deadly header

Our advise to the young men aspiring to be great football players is that they have role models out there to encourage them to live up to their dreams: dream, work hard and preserver. Today, competition may be severe but it is no longer difficult to make it up to the dream national team because of your background.

We salute especially John Carew who is the biggest role model in football for us of immigrant background in Norway.