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04 July 2011

Qatari naturalised players


Vietnam's next opponent is Qatar, host of Asian Cup 2011 and World Cup 2022. It has a population of just 1.6 mil. Moreover, expats form 3/4 of its population. This can tell why Qatari football relies much on naturalization. As can be seen form the list below, Qatar is one of leading nations in the trend of naturalizing players to strengthen its national team.

BRAZIL
Marcio Emerson
Marcone
Fábio César

GHANA
George Kwasi
Lawrence Awuley Quaye

GUINEA
Daniel Gouma

IRAQ
Ali Mejbel

KUWAIT
Talal Al-Bloushi
Wesam Rizik

SAUDI ARABIA
Mohamed Saqr
Majdi Siddiq
Saad Al Shammari

SENEGAL
Qasem Burhan
Abdulla Koni
Malick Baba

URUGUAY
Sebastián Soria

YEMEN
Mesaad Al-Hamad

But wait! Vietnam may have less oil than Qatar but in terms of naturalizing footballers, we are on par. Check our list of 19 Vietnamese naturalized players!

1 comment:

  1. VN needs to learn how to play defense well!

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