the indonesian team has added two more naturalized players, whose value will be more than twice that of the chinese national team, and the chinese national team will be in more trouble in the top 18
2024-09-19
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the plenary session of the indonesian house of representatives passed the agenda today, agreeing to grant indonesian citizenship to two naturalized players, mijs hilgers and eliano reinders, who will be sworn in as indonesian citizens in the netherlands next week.
hilgers and indonesian football association president thohir
hilgers, 23, plays as a central defender for the dutch eredivisie team twente. he has played in 6 games this season and scored 1 goal. his current market value in the german transfer market is 7 million euros.
reinders jr. and indonesian football association president thohir
the 23-year-old reinders jr. plays as a right back. he is the younger brother of ac milan midfielder reinders. he plays for the dutch eredivisie team zwolle and has played 5 games this season. his market value in the german transfer market is 650,000 euros. in addition, the information given by transfermarkt shows that reinders jr. can also play as an attacking midfielder and winger.
regarding why the two naturalized players hilgers and reinders jr. took the oath of citizenship in the netherlands, the chairman of the indonesian football association thohir explained: "we must respect the clubs they play for, so we found a way to comply with the rules. it is not against the rules to take the oath of citizenship in the netherlands. some people who have naturalized in indonesia have also taken the oath in other countries, so this is nothing special. so this time in the netherlands is no exception. we have always respected indonesian laws and fifa rules."
thohir says naturalization will be a long-term movehe said: "in a democratic era, differences of opinion exist, but we must have the goal of improving the achievements of the national team. fifa now has relevant naturalization policies, and each country can naturalize players under relevant conditions. the dutch national team is an example."
“football is a global sport. as long as you play in a country’s league for five consecutive years and are not called up by the national team during that time, or have a blood relationship, you can be naturalized in another country. we hope to gather high-quality talents with indonesian descent overseas to strengthen our national team.”
the current value of the indonesian national team is 16.73 million euros. after these two naturalized players are officially naturalized, the team's value will increase by another 7.65 million euros, which is more than twice the value of the entire chinese national team (about 11 million euros).
in the round of 18 in october, the chinese national football team will play against australia and indonesia respectively. currently, the chinese national football team has suffered two consecutive defeats and is at the bottom of the group.
red star news editor ou peng
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