Reporter Han Bing reports At the beginning of September, the national team will compete in the top 18 matches, and the addition of naturalized players to strengthen the strength of the national team has again become a hot topic. Although some media and fans have called on the Chinese Football Association to promote naturalization as soon as possible, there are three major problems: first, there is a shortage of naturalized talents who can catch up with the top 18 matches, and only the Oscar of Cangzhou Lions, Serginho of Changchun Yatai and other Chinese Super League foreign aid are not naturalized by blood; Second, the process of naturalization and approval by FIFA is relatively long, and will not be completed until the end of this year at the earliest; The third is the blood naturalization with relatively short process time, which can be used by the national team in the last 18 matches and has higher ability than the local players.
Blood naturalization: lack of international talents
There are not many talents who meet the standard of three generations of consanguinity naturalization. Zhou Dingyang, a midfielder from Taiwan, who plays in Chengdu Rongcheng, is a popular candidate for fans to call for naturalization. However, he previously played on behalf of Taiwan, China, and has been a naturalized player. However, there is little precedent for re naturalization at the FIFA level, and the operation is complicated and difficult.
At present, Kian Fitz Jim, who is from Ajax youth training, is the most popular player in the mainstream European league. Fizezhan Tianle's father is Surinamese, with 1/4 Chinese descent, and his mother is from Hong Kong, China. This season, Fici Zhan Tianle was loaned to the Rotterdam elite in Netherlands. At the beginning of the year, he returned to Ajax B after his loan. He played 15 games in the second half of Netherlands B, handed in one goal and three assists, and was worth 1 million euros.
Fizezhan Tianle, who will turn 21 on July 5, made 16 appearances for the Dutch U15-U20 national team of all age groups. According to the regulations of FIFA, he must not play official matches on behalf of the Dutch national team of all age groups after he has reached the age of 21 to retain his naturalization qualification. The Netherlands U21 National Youth Team will participate in the U21 European Youth Championship qualifier in September, and Fitzjahn Tianle may be called up and play in the U21 European Youth Championship qualifier at any time. This means that the time left for the Chinese Football Association to persuade him to naturalize and start the naturalization process must race against the clock. Moreover, the Chinese Football Association is not without competitors, because the Hong Kong Football Association of China is also fighting for him.
The North American Major League has two powerful blood naturalization goals: 25 year old Portuguese Chinese mixed blood winger Ryan Rapaso, who is currently worth 1.5 million euros. He has played in the middle of the Vancouver White Wave team this season, and has played 20 games with 2 goals and 3 assists. Wu Xiaohai once competed in the Olympic qualifiers for the Canadian U23 national team, and the Canadian adult national team also intends to recruit him. Wu Xiaohai had contacted the Chinese Super League Club before the season, but failed to join. In addition, Theodore Ku DiPietro, a 22-year-old Italian Chinese winger, has made 14 appearances in the North American Major League this season, scored two goals, and is the main attacker, worth up to 2.5 million euros. If the national team can assimilate him, it will help to improve the edge attack strength.
Christopher Cheng, who turned 23 in October, works for Sonnefiyur in Norway. His father is a Chinese immigrant to Norway. Zheng Zeyan is the main left back of the team. He has played 11 times this season and is currently worth 750000 euros. The weak full back position of the national team is in urgent need of the naturalization of players like Zheng Zeyan who play the main role in the European top league.
Ryan Yang Leijten, a 20-year-old veteran of Heyideng Bosh, is of Dutch Chinese mixed race, and his mother is from Wuhan. Yang Ruian made 21 appearances in Dutch Second Division this season, making only five starts. He handed in one goal and one assist, and his value was only 175000 euros. Yang Rui'an, who is 1.91m tall, has the advantage of being young, and his strength is still far behind that of Fici Zhan Tianle, the main player of Dutch Second Division. If Yang Rui'an leaves Europe to join the CSL, he may have limited room for future capability improvement.
Non blood naturalization: fewer league goals
There are not many "ready to use" blood naturalization targets that meet FIFA rules and can improve the strength of national teams, but also few foreign aid targets that are stronger than local players and meet FIFA naturalization conditions.
Oscar, a Congolese (Kinshasa) striker who has played in the Chinese professional league since the summer of 2018, meets the basic conditions for non blood naturalized players to "live for at least five years" in the naturalized destination country, and he is the only non blood naturalized target who can play for the Chinese national team at the beginning of the top 18. Oscar can strengthen the front line of the national team to a certain extent, but its strength is not much better than that of local forwards. In addition, the state of five goals in the seven games of the junior high school super league is good. In the last eight games of the super league, there have been no gains, only two assists. Even if it can be domesticated in time before September, it is still doubtful whether it can play in the top 18.
Serginho, the Brazilian midfielder of Changchun Yatai, joined Changchun Yatai in early 2020, and will not meet the naturalization conditions of "living for five years" until next January. Serginho, who will turn 30 in March next year, is in the year of playing. He is also the most lacking organizational front man at the offensive end of the national team. The urgency of naturalization is even higher than Oscar, who is not a scoring striker. Serginho has scored 2 goals and 4 assists in 10 CSL games this season, which is remarkable. Unfortunately, even if Serginho can complete his naturalization in time, he can only catch the last 18 matches in March next year at the earliest, but there will be only 4 matches left in the last 18 matches at that time, which is of little practical significance. If the national team fails to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, he will be 33 years old by the time of the last 18 matches of the Asian qualifiers of the 2030 World Cup, and his status is uncertain.
Portuguese attacking midfielder Delgado, who was naturalized into China in early 2019, is also expected to complete the naturalization procedures for the Chinese national team this year. Although Delgado was loaned back to Portugal by Shandong Taishan at the beginning of 2020, which led to the interruption of the "five-year residence", which needs to be recalculated from 2021. Theoretically, he will not be able to play for the Chinese national team until the beginning of 2026, but because he rented Portugal out for half a year during the epidemic, the Chinese Football Association can apply to FIFA for exemption of "no entry during the epidemic", Try to include 2020 in Delgado's "five consecutive years". If successful, Delgado will be qualified to play for the national team this year. Delgado's playing time in Shandong Taishan this season is limited and his performance is not stable. Whether he can be included in the priority goal of naturalization is still unknown.
From the perspective of practical operation, Oscar is actually the only non blood naturalized target player who may play in the top 18 of the national team this year.
