Super-emergency! Super-scale naturalization policy that will shake soccer while already in contact with 33 people, predicts a soccer stoppage in the world's No. 1 population, surpassing 1.4 billion in China

Jun 23, 2025

Super-emergency! Super-scale naturalization policy that will shake soccer while already in contact with 33 people, predicts a soccer stoppage in the world's No. 1 population, surpassing 1.4 billion in China
Photo =Capture the homepage of the Indian Football Association



Super-emergency! Super-scale naturalization policy that will shake soccer while already in contact with 33 people, predicts a soccer stoppage in the world's No. 1 population, surpassing 1.4 billion in China
Photo =Capture the homepage of the Indian Football Association
There is a war of naturalization that shakes the Asian soccer community. Even countries with the world's largest population have predicted their participation in the war.

China's Kyokjin Sports reported on the 22nd (Korea time) 'The Indian Football Association approached 33 players to change their position on naturalization'

In recent years, naturalization is a hot topic in the Asian soccer community. Starting with Indonesia, Southeast Asian countries are reinforcing their power through full-fledged naturalization policies. Indonesia has added several players to the Indonesian national team since Shin Tae-yong, vice chairman of the Korea Football Association, led the naturalization policy himself.




Several naturalized players, including Ole Romeni, Emile Audero, Marton Pazelkan and Elkan Bagot, are already active as Indonesia's main players under coach Patrick Kluibert. Indonesia also advanced to the fourth Asian qualifying round for the 2026 North-China World Cup, keeping alive its hopes of advancing to the first World Cup finals in history thanks to its naturalization policy.

Super-emergency! Super-scale naturalization policy that will shake soccer while already in contact with 33 people, predicts a soccer stoppage in the world's No. 1 population, surpassing 1.4 billion in China
Photo =Capture the homepage of the Indian Football Association
Malaysia and Vietnam, stimulated by Indonesia, also launched a full-fledged naturalization policy. Malaysia is currently securing a list of Malaysian-Argentina players to increase the proportion of naturalized players in the national team, and plans to select players before September. He already joined Gabriel Palmero from Spain and Hector Heberi from the Netherlands in March, and in June, a large number of naturalized Malaysian players joined major positions, including John Irasabal. Thanks to the performance of naturalized players, they also achieved a tremendous result of beating Vietnam 4-0.

Vietnam is also planning to find out about the need for naturalized players through the defeat against Malaysia recently. Nguyen Xuan Thorne, who is already from Brazil, is playing with the nickname of `Vietnam Son Heung-min.'




India is the new country to enter this war. Beyond China, there are not a few Indian-British people who boast the world's highest population. A large number of Indian-British people have the OCI (Overseas Citizen of India), and the Indian national team plans to extend the qualification of the national team, which was originally granted only to those with Indian passports, to OCI holders.

Super-emergency! Super-scale naturalization policy that will shake soccer while already in contact with 33 people, predicts a soccer stoppage in the world's No. 1 population, surpassing 1.4 billion in China
Photo =Capture the homepage of the Indian Football Association
The President of the Indian Football Association foretold hope and change. He recently announced a policy to open the door to OCI players, which is expected to be an important step in strengthening the national team's power. Currently, only Indian passport holders can play for the national team. But now, India is reportedly in contact with 33 players who meet the OCI conditions. The association seems to be trying to recruit them to the national team. The names and nationalities of the players are expected to remain confidential until they are approved by FIFA,' he said.

Then 'India is a country rich in soccer heritage, with a large population spread in advanced soccer countries such as the United Kingdom. In this context, the Indian national team has the potential to achieve qualitative growth in the short term'




If India enters a full-fledged naturalization policy, it is likely to shake up the Asian soccer community in the next few years. There are already countries that are making great progress with naturalization policies, and there are already cases where Indian-British players, such as Neil Taylor, Danny Bath and Michael Chopra, played in the English Premier League. With the development of Indian soccer, the Asian soccer landscape is also expected to change in the future.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.