I think FIFA will gladly accept this. But I am not sure how the government is going to respond to this!!!! hoping for a green signal from there. Even if the process takes 6-8 months to approve them conditionally it is a BIG win for us.
Initially Indian government & sports federation had some plans/discussions to send NRI's to youth Olympics. But seems like some resistance from state associations. Somesh should be having these details & can throw some light on this.
First, it is now possible for a player to change national team even if they have played competitively at senior level, provided:
the player held the nationality of their new association at the time of their first official appearance for their first national team.
the player played in no more than three competitive senior games before the age of 21.
the player has not played in the final stage of an official tournament such as the World Cup, European Championship, Copa America etc.
at least three years have passed since the player's last senior appearance for their previous national team.
Second, a player can now change to a new national team even if they did not hold that nationality at the time of their first appearance for their old national team, as long as they last played for the old national team before the age of 21.
Finally, a competitive cap will not keep a player tied to a national team in the event that they suddenly become stateless - that is, lose their nationality - against their will.
So please let me know if I understand correctly. The age of 21 is very crucial here. Means if anyone is 22,23,34 etc, and wants to switch having played 3 competitive games can't be ale to switch as per the new rule. Is it correct?
Sharing full PIO List(Country Wise), please feel free to add, update or correct the list -
USA Justin Dhillon - El Paso Locomotive FC Ashish Chattha - Orange County SC Ethan Zubak - Nashville SC
UK Sonny Singh - Stoke City Arjan Raikhy - Leicester City Brandon Khela - Ross County Reiss Khela - Leicester City Yan Dhanda - Ross County Dinesh Gillela - FC Sailsbury Dilan Markandey - Blackburn Rovers Rohan Luthra - Cardiff City Kam Kandola - Wolves Amrit Bansal Mcnulty - Without a club Malvind Benning - Shrewsbury Town Will Andiappan - Tottenham hotspur Rio Shipston - Sheffield Wednesday Sai Sachdev - Sheffield United Nyan Mesuria - Leiston FC Ronan Maher - Walsall FC Jasbir Singh - Tamworth FC Danny Batth - Norwich City Cameron Gregory - Boston United Rajdeep Palit - Hull City Drewe Aaron - QPR
Canada Shaan Hundal Valour FC
Australia Daniel De Silva - Mcarthur FC Gabriel Cleur - Wester Sydney Wanderers FC
New Zealand Nathan Lobo - Auckland City FC Nguyen Kaelin - Wellington Phoneix
Norway Brinder Singh - Mjondalen IF Keerat Singh - Mjondalen IF Michael Singh - Without a club Karanveer Grewal - Askollen FK Adrian Hansen - Sarpsorg FK Adrian Pereira - Rosenborg FK Rajendram Anujam - Oppsal IF
Denmark Jagvir Singh - Aarhus Fremad
Belgium Daniel Singh - RSC Anderlecht Netherlands Joshua Pynadath - AZ Risheet lal - FC Boshuizen
Hungary - Armaan Singh - Fehervr
Greece Gurjinder Singh - Eolikos Mytilinis
Cyprus Simranjit Thandi - Doxa Katokopias
Germany Harpreet Ghotra - Eintracht Frankfurt Karl Pischon - Energie Cottbus
Italy - Rahul Sharma - Atalanta
Portugal Laxmicant Andre - SC Braga Juvy Kooner - Oliveria Douro
Comments
Ryan Williams(BFC) who represented Australia in friendly can still switch to India
As per below article on Goal.com a player is eligible to switch National team if he has not played official match in finals of a tournament
https://www.goal.com/en-in/news/why-footballers-change-international-teams-eligibility-rules-new-updates-explained/qzqdkqcx0x871eprs8yywafpz
From the article
First, it is now possible for a player to change national team even if they have played competitively at senior level, provided:
- the player held the nationality of their new association at the time of their first official appearance for their first national team.
- the player played in no more than three competitive senior games before the age of 21.
- the player has not played in the final stage of an official tournament such as the World Cup, European Championship, Copa America etc.
- at least three years have passed since the player's last senior appearance for their previous national team.
Second, a player can now change to a new national team even if they did not hold that nationality at the time of their first appearance for their old national team, as long as they last played for the old national team before the age of 21.Finally, a competitive cap will not keep a player tied to a national team in the event that they suddenly become stateless - that is, lose their nationality - against their will.
The age of 21 is very crucial here. Means if anyone is 22,23,34 etc, and wants to switch having played 3 competitive games can't be ale to switch as per the new rule. Is it correct?
Stoke City FC - Sonny Singh
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USA
Justin Dhillon - El Paso Locomotive FC
Ashish Chattha - Orange County SC
Ethan Zubak - Nashville SC
UK
Sonny Singh - Stoke City
Arjan Raikhy - Leicester City
Brandon Khela - Ross County
Reiss Khela - Leicester City
Yan Dhanda - Ross County
Dinesh Gillela - FC Sailsbury
Dilan Markandey - Blackburn Rovers
Rohan Luthra - Cardiff City
Kam Kandola - Wolves
Amrit Bansal Mcnulty - Without a club
Malvind Benning - Shrewsbury Town
Will Andiappan - Tottenham hotspur
Rio Shipston - Sheffield Wednesday
Sai Sachdev - Sheffield United
Nyan Mesuria - Leiston FC
Ronan Maher - Walsall FC
Jasbir Singh - Tamworth FC
Danny Batth - Norwich City
Cameron Gregory - Boston United
Rajdeep Palit - Hull City
Drewe Aaron - QPR
Canada
Shaan Hundal Valour FC
Australia
Daniel De Silva - Mcarthur FC
Gabriel Cleur - Wester Sydney Wanderers FC
New Zealand
Nathan Lobo - Auckland City FC
Nguyen Kaelin - Wellington Phoneix
Norway
Brinder Singh - Mjondalen IF
Keerat Singh - Mjondalen IF
Michael Singh - Without a club
Karanveer Grewal - Askollen FK
Adrian Hansen - Sarpsorg FK
Adrian Pereira - Rosenborg FK
Rajendram Anujam - Oppsal IF
Denmark
Jagvir Singh - Aarhus Fremad
Belgium
Daniel Singh - RSC Anderlecht
Netherlands
Joshua Pynadath - AZ
Risheet lal - FC Boshuizen
Hungary -
Armaan Singh - Fehervr
Greece
Gurjinder Singh - Eolikos Mytilinis
Cyprus
Simranjit Thandi - Doxa Katokopias
Germany
Harpreet Ghotra - Eintracht Frankfurt
Karl Pischon - Energie Cottbus
Italy -
Rahul Sharma - Atalanta
Portugal
Laxmicant Andre - SC Braga
Juvy Kooner - Oliveria Douro
India
Ryan Williams - BFC
Iran
Omid Singh - Without a club
Qatar -
Niall Mason - Al Shahaniya