Alphonso
Americannoun
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Captain Alphonso Davies, Canada’s best player, was born to Liberian parents in a refugee camp in Ghana before being resettled in Edmonton, becoming a citizen in 2017.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026
Canada, the first World Cup host to play a game outside its borders, could get a boost if Alphonso Davies, its best player, can play after missing the team’s first three games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
Alphonso Davies, captain of co-hosts Canada, spent his early years in a Ghanaian refugee camp after his parents fled Liberia, which like Sierra Leone was devastated by civil war during the 1990s and early 2000s.
From BBC ● Jun. 18, 2026
They are joined by Canada's captain Alphonso Davies, who was born in a refugee camp in Ghana to Liberian parents.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
In 1468 he was solemnly deposed in favour of his brother Alphonso, on whose death in the same year his authority was again recognized.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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