What does it mean to naturalize national football players?

Naturalized players refer to players who voluntarily acquire the nationality of other countries other than their birth nationality, and are essentially skilled immigrants.

FIFA has clear rules on naturalized players. First of all, players have never played for the national team of their original nationality. In addition, the player was born in a new nationality.

For Japanese football, the help of naturalized players to local talents is more obvious. At the beginning, Zhiliang grew into the top star in Asia by Ramos Wei's side. Next, when Lu Bishu appeared in the Japanese team, nakata hidetoshi, Nakamura Shunsuke and others began to gain recognition from European football.

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For naturalized players, the latest FIBA rules, which came into effect in 20 10, clearly stipulate that 1 players from each country participating in FIBA international competitions can acquire the nationality of that country after reaching the age of 16, but only 1 naturalized players at most;

Moreover, the player has never participated in world-class events such as the Olympic Games and the World Championships on behalf of the national team of his original nationality. If a player has the nationality of the country before the age of 16, it is not considered as a naturalized player.