Gaining Sanmarinese Nationality?

Had a brief search in the forum but couldn't see if this had been asked before, so apologies if it has..

I'm playing as San Marino (the C2/B team), and in previous versions players gain Sanmarinese Nationality in a few years. On this file it doesn't seem to be happening, does this happen for everyone or have I changed a setting somewhere? And if it has been removed for some reason, is there any way I can make this return?

Thanks in advance..

In real life, it is impossible to gain Sanmarinese nationality. This was fixed this year.

So there's no way of getting players to play for the international club, I'l just have to stick with regens from San Marino and Sanmarinese clubs?

IRL its not impossible it just takes a bloody long time anything from 10-30 years for naturalizations!

Hope this gives you some more info....

http://www.sanmarinosite.com/eng/cittadinanza.html

Bloody hell... those are some pretty strict naturalization requirements.

To obtain the citizenship it is necessary to renounce any other citizenship and to have effective continued residence for at least 30 years in the territory of the Republic.

Can't see many pro-footballers ever having a long enough career to make the switch, let alone want to give up their original citizenship.

Headlines - <Player> makes international debut for San Marino at age 31 after clearing paperwork.

Headlines - <Player> makes international debut for San Marino at age 46 after clearing paperwork.

Fixed

Impossible to gain it in the space of a footballer's career, then

Fixed

Impossible to gain it in the space of a footballer's career, then

Not if he moved there when he was very young with his parents...

What about Andy Selva?

What about Andy Selva?

Selva is hailed as the greatest player in the current San Marino national football team. He has appeared 44 times for the national team and has scored eight goals, making him the leading goalscorer in the history of the team. Tipped as a key player for San Marino, Selva is the only player to have scored a winning goal for San Marino, the only goal of the game against Liechtenstein, which is the only win that San Marino have recorded to date. He is also the only player to score more than one goal for San Marino

Wow.... the record bar is set pretty low for San Marino!

He is also the only player to score more than one goal for San Marino. Loool

I'm not sure if it applies to Andy Selva but there have been many cases of sportsmen being fast tracked to citizenship especially in gulf states so they can play for the national team. That site doesn't mention another method which happens in other countries for certain (Andorran goalkeeper Koldo got his citizenship this way) which is to marry someone of the nationality. Anyway for all normal purposes its much easier to just put it down in fm as you can't become a San Marino citizen.

just off the topic a bit but i do believe san marino do hold the record for quickest ever goal in an international. 12 seconds vs england!!

Not if he moved there when he was very young with his parents...

But players don't "move there when they're very young" in FM.

Wow.... the record bar is set pretty low for San Marino!

Yeah on 09 I used to get messages about my injured defenders who were closing in on the goal-scoring record when they had 0 goals

But to combat the Arab countries giving citizenship to any passing Brazilian and calling them up to the national squad FIFA now require 5 years continuous residence in the country, when naturalisation takes place. An example from one of my games:

As it says five years, however this does not affect playing for a country under the "Granny rule".

But to combat the Arab countries giving citizenship to any passing Brazilian and calling them up to the national squad FIFA now require 5 years continuous residence in the country, when naturalisation takes place. An example from one of my games:

As it says five years, however this does not affect playing for a country under the "Granny rule".

were can i get your skin it looks great

just off the topic a bit but i do believe san marino do hold the record for quickest ever goal in an international. 12 seconds vs england!!

Davide Gualtieri scored it in a 1-7 defeat, and was actually even quicker than that, at 8.3 seconds.