Borussia Dortmund’s Carney Chukwuemeka has transferred his international eligibility to England’s Ralf Rangnick’s Austria ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Austria will face defending champions Argentina, Algeria and Jordan in the group stages of this summer’s World Cup after qualifying for the final for the first time since 1998.
Former Chelsea and Aston Villa midfielder Chukwuemeka was born in Austria but moved to England as a boy and played for the Three Lions in the junior divisions without gaining a senior cap.
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The 22-year-old’s status was updated by FIFA late on Monday and could feature for Austria as early as March’s upcoming friendlies against Ghana and South Korea.
The midfielder came through Villa’s youth ranks before moving to Chelsea in 2022. He was loaned to Dortmund in early 2025 and his contract was made permanent in the summer.
This season, Chukwuemeka scored two goals in twenty league games for Dortmund.
Former Bayern Munich midfielder Paul Wanner, 20, now at PSV Eindhoven, transferred from Germany to Austria on the same day.
Published on March 10, 2026
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