The ten Cyprus-based players at this year’s World Cup

Of the 1,248 footballers from 48 countries who will participate in this year’s World Cup, exactly 10, hailing from nine countries, are based in Cyprus, with seven different clubs being represented across the board.

Among the ten is one veritable household name, though the majority are not stars away from the island or their countries of origin, and all ten representing nations considered to be long shots at best to take football’s greatest prize....