Which World Cup Cup stars have roots near you?

The 2026 men's World Cup kicks disconnected this week crossed the US, Mexico and Canada, with excited shot fans preparing to cheer connected England and Scotland.

But which World Cup players person roots adjacent you? Our postcode lookup includes contiguous time superstars and past greats from each 4 location nations since 1950 – observe however galore person travel from your section area.

England stars hail from Torquay to Blyth, with galore players inactive intimately tied to wherever they grew up.

Manchester's Nico O'Reilly has the city's 0161 dialling codification tattooed connected his arm, portion Sunderland-born Jordan Pickford was awarded his ain parking abstraction astatine his section Lidl aft his World Cup exploits successful 2018.

Scotland's long-awaited World Cup instrumentality is led by players from Glasgow and the cardinal belt.

Captain Andy Robertson erstwhile worked connected the tills astatine Marks & Spencer connected Sauchiehall Street, portion Lawrence Shankland was employed successful a Hillington plumbing mill earlier turning professional.

Despite being dispersed crossed the country, England's squad has a beardown London feel.

In total, a grounds 10 players travel from the capital, surpassing the Golden Generation of the 2000s – a harvest of talented players led by Londoners similar David Beckham, John Terry, Rio Ferdinand, Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard.

The North West, which has supplied much England World Cup players than immoderate different region, has 7 representatives successful Thomas Tuchel's squad.

Goalkeepers Dean Henderson and James Trafford hail from Cumbria. Henderson spent years making a two-and-a-half hr circular travel with his begetter from Whitehaven to Carlisle United's academy, portion Trafford was raised connected his family's workplace adjacent Cockermouth.

There is besides a clump of 4 players from the North East successful the squad, including Sunderland's Jordan Henderson, who has been selected for a associated England-record 4th World Cup.

The smallest of England's 9 regions successful presumption of population, the North East punches good supra its value arsenic a World Cup endowment pool, having provided much players per cardinal residents than immoderate different portion of the country.

In Scotland, Glasgow's shot civilization has shaped generations of players.

As good arsenic producing stars specified arsenic Robertson and McGinn, the metropolis besides gave opportunities to Nathan Patterson, who was scouted playing for Rossvale successful northbound Glasgow, and Aaron Hickey, who became the youngest subordinate to commencement a Scottish Cup last successful 2019.

Since 1950, Glasgow has produced much World Cup players than immoderate different UK assembly area, topping a database dominated by large cities specified arsenic Belfast, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Manchester.

Yet World Cup stories tin look from improbable places too.

Scott McKenna is the archetypal subordinate from Kirriemuir – a tiny Angus municipality of astir 6,000 radical – to scope football's biggest stage.

For fractional of UK councils, however, the hold for a archetypal World Cup subordinate goes on.

How we sourced our World Cup heroes

The information utilized successful this investigation covers the 536 players who person been selected for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland squads astatine men's World Cups since 1950.

This includes each players successful squad lists submitted to FIFA earlier each World Cup. In immoderate cases, peculiarly successful the 1950s and 1960s, reserve players did not question to the tournament.

World Cup squad lists and subordinate stats were initially gathered from the Fjelstul World Cup Database and past checked against different sources specified arsenic FIFA and nationalist Football Associations.

Players' birthplaces are based connected wherever they were calved (if known), oregon alternatively wherever they grew up.

Facts astir 2026 squad members are drawn from past media interviews with the players, oregon radical connected to them oregon their section area.

Player photos wherever disposable are taken from Getty Images.

Some players were calved overseas but moved to the UK arsenic a child, successful which lawsuit their birthplace is listed arsenic their UK puerility home.

Six players – England's Owen Hargreaves, Graeme Le Saux and Tony Dorigo, positive Scotland's Lyndon Dykes, Richard Gough and John Hewie – spent their full childhoods overseas and are excluded from the analysis.

Additional reporting by Libby Rogers, Deirdre Finnerty, Marie Jackson and Lauren Woodhead.