France: The masala mix
Eric Abidal
This extremely athletic footballer is of Caribbean descent.
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His family comes from another one of France's western colonies in the Caribbean Sea -- Martinique. Abidal was born in Lyon and now plays for Lyon as a defender. And what a solid defender he is.
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Real Madrid, we hear, is eyeing him, now that Roberto Carlos' future at the club appears doubtful.
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