Who do the Spanish footballers resemble more: the Swedish footballers or the Syrian footballers?

[Tooting Carmen]

Spain

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[Tooting Carmen]

Sweden

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[Tooting Carmen]

Syria

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[Valenman]

Mix of two, Some players are probably not ethnic Spaniards(Rodri,Porro, D.Raya)

[Beowulf]

Mix of two

+1

[Tooting Carmen]

Mix of two, Some players are probably not ethnic Spaniards(Rodri,Porro, D.Raya)


+1

Which ones among either the Swedes or the Syrians do you think pass well as Spaniards?

[Avicenna]

Mix of two, Some players are probably not ethnic Spaniards(Rodri,Porro, D.Raya)

There's a few euro mixed Syrians at the very least if not more

[Indarra]

Spanish footballers resemble spanish footballers.

[Oliver109]

Spanish look more Syrian, Swedes are too wide headed for typical Spanish

[Tooting Carmen]

Spanish look more Syrian, Swedes are too wide headed for typical Spanish

Funnily enough I thought it was the other way round - the Spaniards look closer to the Syrians in colouring but to the Swedes in facial traits (or at least equidistant).

[Oliver109]

Funnily enough I thought it was the other way round - the Spaniards look closer to the Syrians in colouring but to the Swedes in facial traits (or at least equidistant).

well the Swedes have quite a different sort of complexion, even the less pale ones who have more of a light yellow undertone.

[Tooting Carmen]

well the Swedes have quite a different sort of complexion

What do you mean?

[Oliver109]

What do you mean?

Spanish don't have that sallow sort of look that a lot of Swedes have i.e like this, Swedes are often quite dark, just in a different way.
https://e0.365dm.com/21/07/2048x1152/skysports-celtic-carl-starfelt_5461971.jpg?20210729161846

[Tooting Carmen]

Spanish don't have that sallow sort of look that a lot of Swedes have i.e like this, Swedes are often quite dark, just in a different way.
https://e0.365dm.com/21/07/2048x1152/skysports-celtic-carl-starfelt_5461971.jpg?20210729161846

So how would you describe the colouring of the darker types in Spain then?

[Oliver109]

So how would you describe the colouring of the darker types in Spain then?

Well they are not really comparable to darker Swedes, on the other hand the darker Swedes are actually less pale than a lot of lighter Spaniards.

[Tooting Carmen]

Well they are not really comparable to darker Swedes

No of course not, the darkest Spaniards are several times darker than the darkest Swedes (excluding maybe some Saamis).


on the other hand the darker Swedes are actually less pale than a lot of lighter Spaniards.

I thought Feiichy/Scarface F was trolling when she said that "even Swedes often look brown compared to the British", but now I sort of see what she meant.

[Oliver109]

No of course not, the darkest Spaniards are several times darker than the darkest Swedes (excluding maybe some Saamis).



I thought Feiichy/Scarface F was trolling when she said that "even Swedes often look brown compared to the British", but now I sort of see what she meant.

I would say a considerable amount of Swedes and Norwegians are quite a bit less pale than Brits, the Danes from my observations are a bit paler, many Slavic people can be surprisingly pale too despite their location as i have found with some eastern Europeans in London.

[Oliver109]

Even then those darker Swedes still usually look unmistakably Scandinavian with dark blonde or light brown hair and light eyes.

[Tooting Carmen]

Even then those darker Swedes still usually look unmistakably Scandinavian with dark blonde or light brown hair and light eyes.

Mostly, though I'd say that circa one in ten Swedes and other Scandinavians can have dark brown/blackish hair.

[masoebu]

I'd say about in between. Which shouldn't be a controversial thing to say, cause "Syrian" can sound very foreign to the average person, but Syrians are mostly pure Caucasoid too, with many light or Euro passing individuals.

[Tooting Carmen]

I'd say about in between. Which shouldn't be a controversial thing to say, cause "Syrian" can sound very foreign to the average person, but Syrians are mostly pure Caucasoid too, with many light or Euro passing individuals.

Quite.

[Tooting Carmen]

As a side note, Emile Forsberg reminds me of Harry Kane. So much for the notion that the latter cannot pass outside the British Isles. xD
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Forsberg_2018_%28cropped%29_2.jpg

[Avicenna]

There's a few euro mixed Syrians at the very least if not more

Half the first 11 is Argentinian Syrians lol, that's because their manager is Argentinan.

And when I say Argentinan Syrian, I mean third or fourth generation Argentinans with distant Syrian ancestry.

[Avicenna]

I'd say about in between. Which shouldn't be a controversial thing to say, cause "Syrian" can sound very foreign to the average person, but Syrians are mostly pure Caucasoid too, with many light or Euro passing individuals.

Same can be said with just about any Caucasoid group in west Asia. What is even pure Caucasoid? Syrians, and I'm not even including the Bedouins and those from eastern Syria, have substantial amount of Natufian admxiture, ( as well as Zagrosian) which is exotic for Spaniards.