But that is not the case for brothers Saman, Sipan and Rizgar Almuhama. As ABC Australia report, the brothers were born in the Sinjar district of north-eastern Iraq, close to the Syrian border.
They are Yazidis — an ethnic minority group that was brutally persecuted by the Islamic State. Four and a half years ago the boys and their family moved to Toowoomba in southern Queensland.
The brothers soon joined Multicultural Australia’s Connecting Through Sport program — a four-week program aimed at helping kids transition into playing for a local club.
Now they play in their age groups for the University of Southern Queensland Football Club (USQ FC).
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