Candre168 Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Nuno Morais of APOEL FC has gained Cypriot Nationality in my save, and the news headline says he wants to play for Cyprus ect. However, he has not declared for Cyprus? How come? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hilly_boro Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Does it say he wants to in the future or now ? Normally if they're young they stay loyal to their nation for a few years but if he's older I can only imagine its a bug. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candre168 Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 Does it say he wants to in the future or now ? Normally if they're young they stay loyal to their nation for a few years but if he's older I can only imagine its a bug. He gained Cypriot nationality 2 months ago,he's 28. He has 2 caps for Portugal's U21, I think this might make him too old to switch nationalities, but in the headline it said he wanted to play for Cyprus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
naxself Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Since he's not capped at the senior level, it shouldn't make a difference. Perhaps Cyprus isn't interested in his services. :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candre168 Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 Since he's not capped at the senior level, it shouldn't make a difference. Perhaps Cyprus isn't interested in his services. :-) I'm the manager of Cyprus and I am interested in his services . Still baffled as to why I can't call him up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigr Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I'm the manager of Cyprus and I am interested in his services .Still baffled as to why I can't call him up. How long have he lived in Cyprus? If I'm not mistaken, there is a FIFA rule that the player have to live in a country for 5 years to be able to play for that nation (introduced after Qatar tried to give nationality to a bunch of Brazilians). The rule doesn't apply to cases when the player have ancestors from that country (it's why Poland can play Ludovic Obraniak a couple of weeks after he got the nationality). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candre168 Posted September 27, 2009 Author Share Posted September 27, 2009 How long have he lived in Cyprus? If I'm not mistaken, there is a FIFA rule that the player have to live in a country for 5 years to be able to play for that nation (introduced after Qatar tried to give nationality to a bunch of Brazilians). The rule doesn't apply to cases when the player have ancestors from that country (it's why Poland can play Ludovic Obraniak a couple of weeks after he got the nationality). It's been 6 years now. He gained nationality after 5 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Shanahan Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 What does it say in his personal screen about availibility for international teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiree_Don Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I think if a player has played in under 21s for his country, then he is inelligable for selection for another team IRL Happenned a few years ago when Lorenzo Amoruso wanted to play for Scotland but 2 u21 caps prevented him from doing so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin_CFC Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 I think if a player has played in under 21s for his country, then he is inelligable for selection for another team IRLHappenned a few years ago when Lorenzo Amoruso wanted to play for Scotland but 2 u21 caps prevented him from doing so. Neither of those is true. You can play for a country despite playing for another country at a lower level and Amoruso didn't get a Scotland call-up because Vogts(and every other non-rangers supporting scot) didn't want him to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Gooner Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Think I recall reading somewhere that only way U21 apps count against you are if they are gained before you have dual Nationality or if they are gained in a UEFA or FIFA tournament, which was why Amoruso was found to be ineligible even though he was desperate to play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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