August 21 – FIFA is planning a change in its rules that will allow players to switch eligibility and represent a second national team.
The new rule will take effect next month if the online virtual FIFA Congress approves it
The new wording, according to agency reports, would let players switch if they played a maximum of three times for their first national team before they turned 21, and at least three years earlier.
The proposal aims to help players who as children moved with their families to a new country for non-footballing reasons.
But it would not allow nationality switches for anyone who played at a “final tournament of the FIFA World Cup or a final tournament of a confederation competition.”
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