Etymology

Kolpak

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Today it means: A player from an overseas country, such as South Africa or the Caribbean. Full definition →

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The story

From Maroš Kolpak. A 2003 decision of the European Court of Justice which ruled that nationals of a country who have signed an association agreement with the EU have the same right of freedom to work as EU nationals.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.