Inter striker Bonny completes switch of nationality to Ivory Coast ahead of World Cup

[p]French-born [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bonny-ange-yoan/08MpRWg8/"]‌Bonny[/a]’s request to change his footballing nationality from ‌France, for whom he played ⁠at ‌under-21 level two years ago, ​was granted by world football's governing body ​FIFA on Friday.[/p][p][b]The 22-year-old Bonny is of Ivorian ⁠heritage and ​expected to be included in their 26-man squad for the World Cup.[/b][/p][p]He helped [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/inter/Iw7eKK25/"]‌Inter[/a] win the Serie A title this season, proving a super sub for the Italian club with five league goals.[/p][image alt="Bonny's stats in Serie A this season to date" id="650f9c4e-6fdb-4cc5-8b4b-74ccd55185b6" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform (Photo by REUTERS/Claudia Greco)" guid="076a5257-55c8-4a94-8c0d-00da4c9da1dc" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ivory-coast/G2FRjBgn/"]Ivory Coast[/a] are in World Cup Group E with ‌Ecuador, Germany and Curacao.[/p][p]Bonny ​could make his debut before ‌the tournament when the Ivorians meet France in Lens on June 4th in a friendly.[/p]