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Posted July 14, 2015 09:11 · last edited July 14, 2015 09:22

Ive been researching the subject for a while now and to me it seems like the OFC have stuffed up with their interpretation of the rules. (which seems like it would be quite easy to do)

6. Nationality entitling Players to represent more than one Association

1. A Player who, under the terms of art. 5, is eligible to represent more than one Association on account of his nationality, may play in an international match for one of these Associations only if, in addition to having the relevant nationality, he fulfils at least one of the following conditions:
a) He was born on the territory of the relevant Association;
b) His biological mother or biological father was born on the territory of the relevant Association;
c) His grandmother or grandfather was born on the territory of the relevant Association;
d) He has lived continuously on the territory of the relevant Association for at least two years.

http://www.fifa.com/mm/Document/AFFederation/Generic/02/58/14/48/2015FIFAStatutesEN_Neutral.pdf

They way I understand it is that the rule d) He has lived continuously for at least five years after reaching the age of 18 on the territory of the relevant Association. only applies "if he has acquired a new nationality" but deklan wynee is already eligible under article 6. 


Although, not explicitly stated in the FIFA statutes. There are seemingly no restrictions on players who wish to switch national associations at youth level providing they play in non-official matches.


Alex Zahavi has represented the Portugal under-17 national team in the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round (an official). He later represented Portugal U18 and U19 teams in friendly competitions. In October 2010, he represented US U-20 and scored in a friendly game versus Colombia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules#Youth_football

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nomeans edited July 14, 2015 09:22

Ive been researching the subject for a while now and to me it seems like the OFC have stuffed up with their interpretation of the rules. (which seems like it would be quite easy to do)

6. Nationality entitling Players to represent more than one Association

1. A Player who, under the terms of art. 5, is eligible to represent more than one Association on account of his nationality, may play in an international match for one of these Associations only if, in addition to having the relevant nationality, he fulfils at least one of the following conditions:
a) He was born on the territory of the relevant Association;
b) His biological mother or biological father was born on the territory of the relevant Association;
c) His grandmother or grandfather was born on the territory of the relevant Association;
d) He has lived continuously on the territory of the relevant Association for at least two years.

http://www.fifa.com/mm/Document/AFFederation/Generic/02/58/14/48/2015FIFAStatutesEN_Neutral.pdf

They way I understand it is that the rule d) He has lived continuously for at least five years after reaching the age of 18 on the territory of the relevant Association. only applies "if he has acquired a new nationality" but deklan wynee is already eligible under article 6. 


Although, not explicitly stated in the FIFA statutes. There are seemingly no restrictions on players who wish to switch national associations at youth level providing they play in non-official matches.

Alex Zahavi has represented the Portugal under-17 national team in the 2007 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round (an official). He later represented Portugal U18 and U19 teams in friendly competitions. In October 2010, he represented US U-20 and scored in a friendly game versus Colombia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules#Youth_football