“We’re not a bad country,” smiles Kosovare Asllani as she walks off, but the Swedish Footballer of the Year, fast approaching her 100th international appearance having captained her country for the first time in the recent Algarve Cup, is not talking about the country she has represented for a decade.

The daughter of Kosovan migrants who emigrated to Sweden, Asllani has carried her heritage in her first name and the tattoo of a black-headed double eagle of Albania on her ankle.

“I was born in Sweden, but at the same time I’m really proud of my heritage, that my parents are born and raised in Kosovo, I’m both Albanian and Swedish.