2006-12-21 21:33:53 · 15 answers · asked by ? 5 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
Arcadia: thank you my problem is the precedent was set by puskas and with PC you can't be selective, it would be one up the bureaucrats.
2006-12-22 00:42:50 · update #1
The reason he is applying for Spanish citizenship is to qualify as an EU based player, thus allowing Barcelona to sign an additional non-EU based player if they wish, and also making himself more marketable to European teams. There are also tax benefits for him and his club as an EU based player.
In fact, there is NOTHING in FIFA rules which states that someone who has played for one nation cannot later play for another nation if he becomes qualified for them by normal means, such as becoming a naturalized citizen. So, in theory, yes, he COULD eventually play for Spain...but its not very likely that the best player in the world is suddenly going to be dropped for ever by Brazil , is it?!
2006-12-22 00:29:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A player who plays 1 time for 1 national team he cant play in other team.
2006-12-22 10:50:57 · answer #2 · answered by Adil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no he can't, when a player plays for a national team at the senior level, he cant represent another country, but if he played for the under 21s or 23s or youth team for a certain country, he can still represent another country at the senior level, he can only play at the senior level for just 1 country, not more. the citizenship for ronaldinho will allow barcelona to get more non-european players....cuz the maximum amount of non-european players in for 1 team in spain is 5 .
2006-12-21 21:40:48 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
He has already represented brazil so no. The same thing happened to salomon kalou he applied for dutch citizenship and got it but because he already represented ivory coast they rejected his request to represent holland
2006-12-22 05:38:23 · answer #4 · answered by d_generate3000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He would qualify if he hadn't already represented Brazil internationally. Getting his citizenship just means Barca can have another non-EU national in the squad,
2006-12-21 21:35:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
im not quite sure,once you have played for a country at senior level you are not supposed to be able to play for another country, but in the past i think ferenc puscas played for hungary then while playing for real madrid he applied for spanish citizenship then i am sure he went on to play for spain!
2006-12-21 21:44:19 · answer #6 · answered by master_cat 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I bellieve there to be a five year non representation period an then he can play for who he likes. long time not to play at international level though!
2006-12-22 03:41:47 · answer #7 · answered by Matt J 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think the rule on represnting your country have been tightend since puskus played, i think he claming citezenship in spain to show that he want to remain at the club for a long time, or something like that.
2006-12-22 11:21:13 · answer #8 · answered by M6Kenzie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No because he has already played for the Brazil Senior Team, so is not avaiable now to play for any other team.
2006-12-21 21:39:57 · answer #9 · answered by Loader2000 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, you can only play for the national side if you come from that country and your spanish its the same with evry country, david beckham has spanish citizensghip, but he still plays for England!
2006-12-21 21:36:03 · answer #10 · answered by metal_reign1 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋