Jort van der Sande has revealed how a podcast and a Facebook message made him an international star.The Dundee United striker is very much the poster boy for the Bonaire national team and helped his side to a 1-1 draw with St Vincent and the Grenadines yesterday (Fri).
The 28-year-old spent several years in the Dutch colony as a child and spoke about it on a podcast when he was at NAC Breda.That led to a surprise Facebook approach from the Bonaire Football Federation who wanted to check out his eligibility and to see if he wanted to play for the Caribbean island.
Van der Sande, who is now preparing for Monday’s game with El Salvador in the Concacaf Nations League, confirmed: “I was on a podcast three years ago and in the conversation, it turned to Bonaire.
They were talking about my youth and asked if I was able to play for the national team."“I said I don’t think so because I wasn’t born there and my parents weren’t born there either.
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