Indonesia succeeded in reinforcing its power again with its naturalization policy.
Indonesia's CNN reported on the 9th (Korea time) 'Indonesia's Sports Minister Dito Ariotejo said that the documents of Mauro Zilstra, a prospective naturalization player for the Indonesian national team, are currently being processed along with the documents of three prospective naturalization players for the women's national team' Minister Ditto said "Mauro's papers have been processed by the Ministry of Sports, and have already been transferred to the Ministry of Justice" he said.
Indonesia's naturalization policy has had a significant impact so far. Indonesian soccer, which was not a strong player in Southeast Asia, is currently performing best among Southeast Asian countries in the World Cup qualifiers. He is the only Southeast Asian country to advance to the fourth qualifying round of the World Cup and is still hoping to advance to the World Cup finals.
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In fact, it was coach Shin Tae-yong who was sacrificed in this process. Erik Tohir, president of the Indonesian Football Association, wanted to appoint Patric Clawibert to make it easier to bring in Indonesian dual citizenship players in the Netherlands. After trying to appoint Clawibert behind the scenes, he dismissed head coach Shin Tae-yong when there was a possibility of reaching a deal.
The naturalization policy has been accelerating since President Tohir placed Klawibert as the head coach as he wanted. Mauro, who is trying to bring in this time, is also a player from the Netherlands. Mauro, a promising player born in 2004, can play for the Indonesian national team because his grandmother is of Indonesian descent.
He played only in the Netherlands. Mauro, who grew up in AFC Amsterdam and NEC Neymehen as a youngster, played very well in the youth league before moving to FC Volendam in 2024. Volendam will join the Dutch first division this season as a promotion team. Mauro is growing as he gets a little chance in the first team at Volendam.
The reason why Indonesia tried to naturalize as Mauro was because it needed good striker resources. "Mauro is preparing for the under-23 Asian Cup qualifiers scheduled for September, and Romeni can also play a backup role after stepping up from his position as a striker. One of the biggest weaknesses of our national team is the lack of goalscorers. So I can understand why we put so much effort into recruiting Romney when we were forming the national team from the beginning"Mauro will play the role of backup striker for the national team.
However, Mauro's naturalization is expected to make the burden on director Klaubert even more serious. Coach Clawibert is currently suffering from public criticism over his replacement compared to coach Shin Tae-yong. He has advanced to the fourth qualifying round but is being criticized for being devastated by Australia and Japan. This is because even if the association continues to supply and demand good players, it has not produced results.
Also, working in the Netherlands without residing in Indonesia, as Jurgen Klinsmann did in Korea, is negatively affecting Klaubert's public opinion. If Indonesia does not perform well in the fourth qualifying round, the future of Coach Klawibert will be very uncertain.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
