Good news for Chinese soccer! I'll be naturalized Brazilian defender's public declaration resembling Beckham, problem of waiting three more years

Aug 29, 2025

Good news for Chinese soccer! I'll be naturalized Brazilian defender's public declaration resembling Beckham, problem of waiting three more years
Source=Igor Maidana SNS Capture



Good news for Chinese soccer! I'll be naturalized Brazilian defender's public declaration resembling Beckham, problem of waiting three more years
Source=Igor Maidana SNS Capture
Good news for the first time in a long time for Chinese soccer.

Brazilian Henan FC defender Igor Maidana (29) publicly expressed his desire to play for the Chinese national team in an interview with Henan club's official media platform 'Youkou Show'.

Maidana confessed in this interview that she had a desperate desire to represent China thanks to the enthusiastic support of Chinese fans.




Maidana is the tallest centre-back in profile, who has been playing for Henan for a year and a half since February 2024. He played 53 games in the Chinese Super League, scoring eight goals and three assists, and scoring four goals and three assists in 21 games this season. It is contributing considerably not only to defense but also to offense.

Chinese portal 'Sohu Dotcom' is 'Mai'Naga introduced that it recorded an average of 5.52 clearings and 5.05 aerial ball competitions per game.

Maidana, a promising defender who played two games for Brazil's under-20 national team in 2015, and made his professional debut in the prestigious Sao Paulo, quickly showed off his presence in China.




Good news for Chinese soccer! I'll be naturalized Brazilian defender's public declaration resembling Beckham, problem of waiting three more years
Source=Igor Maidana SNS Capture
The question is 'Time'. According to Sohu, Maida, who has lived in China for two yearsI need another three years to become a naturalized citizen. He will be 32 years old in 2028. When a defender turns 32, he can maintain some skill, but it is inevitably different from his heyday.

'Sohu dotcom' is 'may'My skills are good, but it is a disadvantage that it takes a long time for me to become a naturalized citizen. The Chinese national team has naturalized several Brazilian players in recent years, including Elkesson, Alan, Luo Quo Fu and Fernando. Alan is a former top scorer in the Europa League, and Elkesson is a player who shook Korean and Japanese teams in the Asian Champions League. Luo Quo Fu is a former top scorer in the Chinese Super League. However, talented players fell sharply in their 30s. be of the same nature asThere is no need to consider my naturalization at all'

Then 'Some of the fans are 'may'I think it's worth considering my naturalization. If the Chinese national team's central defender combination consists of Zhang Guangtai and Maidana, it will be an impregnable fortress. Zhang Guangtai is an English-born Everton youth native who naturalized for China in 2021 while playing for Guangzhou Evergrande. Currently playing for Shanghai port.






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.