He had a Syrian passport already. Some of the Asian leagues are now signing South Americans on Asian quota. Many Chileans have Palestinian passport. Many Brazilians have Middle Eastern passports like Syria and Lebanon. Also East Timor offers passport to very good Brazilians and you can sign them on Asian quota. Johor recently signed a fomer Argentina U-17 player in Asian quota with a Iraq passport. If you can do proper scouting you can sign many South Americans on Asian quota. Players like Brian Ferreira, Heberty, Rafael Coelho, Yashir Pinto, Matias Jadue,
India could also capitalize on it provided they the club officials have the acumen and the interest to invest in exciting new talent rather than spend on cut money.
About 5% of Latin America is of Arab origin, many of them Christian Arabs. Around 1 Crore Brazilians are of Arab origin. So it is possible that many Football players can claim lineage like that to represent Syria, Lebanon, Palestine as immigration from Arab lands to South America happened when Ottoman Empire crumbled after World War 1 and the country boundaries were different.
Bruna Abdullah - Actress in Grand Masti is Arab Brazilian.
Even the current President of Brazil, Temer Lulia, his parents were born in Lebanon. If he was a footballer, he was eligible to represent Lebanon.
@munna219777 I think there's a nice history about Palestinians in Chile and Japanese in Peru. Chile even has a top division club called Palestino. Peru also had a Japanese origin President once.
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Johor recently signed a fomer Argentina U-17 player in Asian quota with a Iraq passport. If you can do proper scouting you can sign many South Americans on Asian quota. Players like Brian Ferreira, Heberty, Rafael Coelho, Yashir Pinto, Matias Jadue,
Bruna Abdullah - Actress in Grand Masti is Arab Brazilian.
Even the current President of Brazil, Temer Lulia, his parents were born in Lebanon. If he was a footballer, he was eligible to represent Lebanon.