For Jamie Ward with Northern Ireland in Euro 2016, you could potentially read Kieffer Moore with Wales in Euro 2020.
If selected by Welsh boss Ryan Giggs for the European wide tournament next summer, former Torquay United loanee Moore, 27, will join the list of former Gulls player to have featured in major tournaments.
Torbay-born Moore, who currently plays his club football for Wigan Athletic in the Championship, can look back at his brief, but prolific loan spell with his hometown club midway through the 2016-17 season as the point that helped to propel him to his current level.
Moore spent four games on loan at Plainmoor from Forest Green Rovers, which included a goal on his debut against Wrexham that secured a 1-1 draw. This was soon followed by a hat-trick in a 3-0 home win against Solihull Moors and a further headed effort was instrumental in sealing a 1-0 win away at Dagenham & Redbridge.
His loan spell came to an end following 2-1 defeat to Tranmere Rovers - in which Moore was handed the captain's by then United manager Kevin Nicholson. After his return to the New Lawn, a permanent return to South Devon appeared to be on the cards but little did we know that former United player-assistant manager Steve McCall who, after seeing Moore in action at Dagenham, had alerted Ipswich Town manager Mick McCarthy to his talents, and the Tractor Boys paid Forest Green £15,000 to take him to Portman Road.
Earlier in his career Moore had spent the 2013-14 season with Yeovil Town in the Championship under current United manager Gary Johnson and was keen to prove himself at that level again.
Since then Moore has changed hands for fees of over £3million, having joined Barnsley for £750,000 and his present club Wigan for £2.4 million and being eligible to play for Wales through his grandfather, and he has now been capped five times for the principality and scored twice. Both his goals came against Slovakia and Azerbaijan in Wales' Euro 2020 qualifying campaign, so he can claim to have made a meaningful contribution to helping the Welsh reach their second successive Euro finals.
In the finals Wales will be facing Switzerland and Turkey in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, before facing Italy in their final group game in Rome's Stadio Olympico Stadium. If Moore is involved in either of those three games, it will be another exciting chapter in a career that began with Paignton Saints in the South Devon League and has taken in a spell in Norway with Viking FK as well as stints in the South West with Truro City and Dorchester Town.
Former Torquay United players who have previously represented their country at major finals:
Euro 92: Keith Curle (England)
1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup: Rodney Jack (St Vincent and the Grenadines)
1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup: Paul Hall (Jamaica)
1998 World Cup: Paul Hall (Jamaica), Matt Elliott (Scotland)*
1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup: Paul Hall (Jamaica)
Euro 2016: Jamie Ward (Northern Ireland)
* Matt Elliott was named in the Scotland squad for the 1998 World Cup in France, but didn't feature in any of their three matches against Brazil, Norway or Morroco.
