Cristiano Fitzgerald was born in Singapore, lived in London, San Diego and now Portugal, has a French mother and a father from Limerick - but he only ever wanted to pull on a green jersey.
And now that he has signed a four-year deal with Portuguese side Boavista, the teenager hopes that 2023 is the year that he breaks into Jim Crawford’s Under-21 plans.
Fitzgerald (19) has targeted breakthroughs at club and international level this year.
