FIFA: players will be able to change national team under certain conditions

News Tank Football - Paris - News #193923 - Published on
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New provisions voted at the 79th FIFA Congress on 18/09/2020 - ©  FIFA

A footballer with dual nationality who, before the age of 21, has played one, two or three official matches with an national first team (but not in the final stages of a World Cup or continental tournament, such as the Euro, AFCON or Copa America), may play for the other country of which he or she is a national, at the earliest three years...

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New provisions voted at the 79th FIFA Congress on 18/09/2020 - ©  FIFA

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