Luca Zidane, Sept. 20 -- year-old son of French football legend Zinedine Zidane, has switched his international allegiance from France to Algeria. The goalkeeper made the change with the hope of playing in a World Cup, much like his father.

FIFA officially approved his switch on Friday and updated the information on Change of Association Platform's website.

The Algeria National Football Team also confirmed the news with an X (formerly Twitter) post. The post, which included a photo of Luca Zidane, welcomed him as a "New Desert Warrior."

Luca qualifies to represent Algeria through his paternal grandparents, who were from the Kabylie region of northern Algeria. He is the second of Zinedine Zidane's four sons, all of whom came up through ...