The world's most expensive overseas Vietnamese player is about to attend the 2026 World Cup

Ibrahim Maza (19 years old) has an Algerian father and a Vietnamese mother. This player was born in Germany. Therefore, this young talent has the opportunity to wear the jerseys of three national teams: Germany, Algeria and Vietnam. Finally, the striker born in 2005 decided to wear the jersey of the Algerian national team.

Ibrahim Maza in the Algeria national team jersey (Photo: Getty).

Algeria is facing a great opportunity to participate in the 2026 World Cup when it is the top team in the African region. After 6 matches in Group G, Algeria leads with 15 points (5 wins, 1 loss), scoring 16 goals, goal difference +10, 3 points more than the second team Mozambique (12 points). Most recently, Algeria just won 5-1 against Mozambique.

That gives Algeria a great chance to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. According to FIFA's allocation, Africa has 9 direct places in the finals and 1 place in the Intercontinental play-off round. The top 9 teams in the 9 groups will qualify directly. If Algeria wins 3/4 of the remaining matches, they will be sure to qualify for the World Cup.

This means that Ibrahim Maza is likely to compete in the 2026 World Cup. Up to this point, the young talent wearing the Hertha Berlin (Germany) shirt has played twice for the Algerian national team. The first time was in the match against Togo in October 2024. Most recently, Ibrahim Maza appeared in the match against Mozambique on March 25.

Ibrahim Maza plays for Hertha Berlin (Photo: Getty).

Remember, Ibrahim Maza was once in the top 10 youngest players to score in the top 5 European national championships. This striker scored against Wolfsburg when he was only 17 years, 6 months and 3 days old in the Bundesliga. Unfortunately, this season, Ibrahim Maza was relegated to the German 2nd division with Hertha Berlin.

After 26 appearances for Hertha Berlin this season, Ibrahim Maza has scored 5 goals and had 5 assists. This striker is currently valued at 12 million euros by the transfer website Transfermarkt. He is currently the most expensive player of Vietnamese origin.

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