Master Shin Tae-yong made a plan, but he took a drastic move that threatens Asia. He swept all the promising European players, Indonesia is crazy!

Jul 02, 2025

Indonesia is now actively utilizing the naturalization policy starting with the national team by young age.

Indonesia's CNN reported on the 1st (Korea time) 'Indonesia's under-17 national team coach Nova Aryanto has begun intensive preparations ahead of the 2025 U-17 World Cup. The 32-member roster included a wide variety of players,' the report said.

Despite being a member of the U-17 national team, Indonesia included a large number of dual-nationals. The media said '8 out of 32 are athletes living abroad. Players who play not only in the Netherlands but also in clubs from around the world such as Italy, Australia, and Norway were included. Indonesia's U-17 team reached the quarterfinals of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup in 2025 and secured a spot for the World Cup.

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It may be considered that he did not select many dual national players because he was 8 out of 32, but all of the prospects' personal history was not at a level to be ignored. There were no players in the European big leagues, but there were many players in the first division of the Netherlands and Serie B of Italy.

Indonesia, including Lionel de Troy, who belongs to Serie B Palermo, Floris de Fector, Deston Hoop, Nicholas of Norway's first-division Rosenborg BK, Faker Müller, Jonah Gisselink, and Aizar Jacob, who belongs to Australia's first-division Sydney FC, are now strengthening their national team's power by using dual-national players.

Indonesia seems to stick to the same strategy at the prospect level because it is also producing very successful results through naturalization policies on the national team. It was sad for Korean soccer, but Indonesia also dismissed head coach Shin Tae-yong out of nowhere to strengthen this direction.

Patrick Clawibert, a Dutch legend, is the one who kicked out coach Shin Tae-yong and brought him. After the appointment of Klawibert, Dutch players additionally joined the Indonesian national team, making Indonesia's power stronger. Now, Indonesia wants to achieve results in the national team by age.

The reason why Indonesia's naturalization policy is difficult to look down on is that achievements in the national team by age are already coming out. Indonesia has changed since the U-17 Asian Cup in April. Indonesia was port 4 in the draw. South Korea was Pot 1 with hosts Saudi Arabia, Japan, South Korea, and Iran. Port 4 included Indonesia, China, North Korea, and the United Arab Emirates. The criteria for dividing ports were based on the performance of the national team by age in the past. In other words, the team that had been performing well was placed at a high port.

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However, Indonesia's current youth team was different from Indonesia's past. Indonesia, which received the same group as Korea, is a port 4, and passed the group stage with three wins. In the match against Korea, Indonesia made an unusual scene with a theater goal in the second half. It beat South Korea to the quarterfinals as No. 1 in the group.

Despite being devastated by North Korea 0-6 in the quarterfinals, Indonesia achieved its goal by securing a berth for the U-17 World Cup. With Indonesia in place, Southeast Asian countries' active naturalization policies have proven that Southeast Asian countries' power cannot be ignored even in national teams by age.

This article was translated by Naver AI translator.