Vonlanthen: I'm a proud Colombian

Vonlanthen took the record from England's Wayne Rooney when he calmly slotted the ball past Fabien Barthez in France's 3-1 win against the Swiss.

However, in a move that hardly seems calculated to aid his popularity in Switzerland, the PSV Eindhoven starlet admits he has little affinity for his adopted nation.

"I am totally Colombian. I always carry a Colombian flag with me," said the 18-year-old.

"When I was 14 my mother met a Swiss guy and he took us to live with him in Switzerland.

"Colombia have far more talented players than Switzerland. I used to play with them on the beaches of Santa Marta - where Carlos Valderrama is from.

"As it was very difficult for me to have success in Colombian football because of the amount of good players, I went to Switzerland where I started to play and then on to Dutch football.

"I waited for more than a year to be called up for a national Colombian team but as that never happened I accepted an invitation to play for the Swiss Under-21 side.

"In that moment I decided definitively to play for European teams."