The Brazilian national team has always been full of talents, so many stars have chosen to represent other countries in order to compete for the opportunity to play for the national team. For example, the famous Deco in the early years has chosen Portugal because the national team has a "3R" combination, which has achieved a good story. In recent years, many powerful stars have also chosen to give up playing for the "football kingdom", and they also have quite strong strength.
Jorginho
Chelsea midfielder Jorginho was born in Imbituba, Brazil, a native of Brazil who emigrated with his family to Italy at the age of 15. Jorginho had an unsuccessful early career, playing mainly with Verona in Serie B; until his move to Napoli, his career took a turn for the worse. In Napoli, he became an important territory of "Sarri football", and then passed chelsea with the coach and achieved good results. In 2014, Giogenio expressed his desire to play for Brazil, but did not hear back; until 2016, after being called up for the Italian national team, he decided to give up his dream of wearing a blue jersey for Samba.
Diego Costa
Former Spain international Diego Costa was also born in Brazil, and his father changed the name Diego to him because of his love for Diego Maradona. Diego Costa's football career in Brazil was not successful, not even playing in his hometown team Atlético Clube Lagartense, but he was appreciated by Mendes and brought him to Braga in the Portuguese Premier League; later became really famous at Atletico Madrid. In 2013, he was called up by Scolari to play two friendly matches for the Brazilian national team, but he later requested a transfer from FIFA to Spain. The move shocked Scolari, who said that Diego Costa had pushed away the dreams of countless footballers. In 2014-19, he scored 10 goals in 24 games for the Mad Bulls; but his style of play was clearly at odds with Spain's "technical flow".
Thiago
Thiago's father is the famous Brazilian midfielder Magenio, who was a Brazilian international from 1989-94 and was a main member of Brazil's 1994 World Cup. However, Thiago did not follow in his father's footsteps, and born in Italy, he decided to play for Spain and trained in barcelona's youth system. Since 2007, he has been wearing the Spanish youth team and officially became an international in 2011. He currently plays 46 games for the Mad Bulls and is the team's main midfielder.
Pepe
The famous villain centre-back Pepe was also born in Brazil, where he has been training and growing; in 2001 he moved to Portugal's Marítimo B and later became famous in Porto. In 2006, he was called up by Brazilian coach Dunga, but Pepe made it clear that he had no intention of playing for Brazil, preferring to wear the Portuguese national team after obtaining a Portuguese passport. In 2007, he made his debut for Portugal in the European Championship qualifiers. The 39-year-old centre-back is still an important member of the national team, playing for Portugal 123 times, leading the euro 2016 title and being one of the greatest centre-backs in the history of the national team.