The national football team had a "wave of naturalization" earlier, and many foreign players who had been out of class in the mainland league for many years had obtained Chinese nationality and represented the national football team. Oscar, a foreign aid from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who is now playing for the Cangzhou Lions of the Chinese Super League, also expressed his hope to naturalize and play for the national football team, and even said that he was "Congolese face and Chinese heart".
Oscar earlier celebrated 100 appearances for the Cangzhou Lions
Oscar is at the age of 24, and the 1.82-meter-tall striker has good goalscoring ability and has been playing in the mainland for nearly seven years. At the age of 17, he was recruited by Yanbian Fude and trained with the reserve team, and by the age of 19 he was finally registered in the Central League. Later, Yanbian was disbanded, he switched to Shaanxi Chang'an Athletic, and scored 22 goals in a single season in 2019, becoming the youngest scorer in the history of the Chinese League, and then joined Shijiazhuang Yongchang (the team is now known as Cangzhou Lions) in 2020 to appear in the Chinese Super League.
Since the beginning of April, the domestic media has been rumored that Oscar is the next naturalization target of the national football team, and he has frequently taken the initiative to express his hope to represent the national football team. My heart is also here, and no one can steal it: my face is Congolese face, and my heart is Chinese heart, so I know the wishes and voices of the fans, let's look forward to it together. ”
Oscar (left) has a good shape and ability to score goals
Talking about his impression of China, he said that when he was a child, whenever the teacher talked about China, "I would be very focused, I was especially fascinated by the story of the Great Wall, and I felt that only real heroes could climb there", and he also talked about learning to sing the national anthem, "I want to learn to sing the Chinese national anthem, if I can wear a jersey embroidered with a five-star red flag embroidered on my chest, it is the best, if not, I will be the one who sings the loudest outside the stadium." ”
Regarding the picture of Oscar wearing the national football jersey designed by a fan, he said that "I almost couldn't help but want to share it several times", but he was worried about infringement and "trouble for many aspects": "Over the years in China, I have learned that many things need procedures, timing, and the efforts of too many people. ”
Jiang Guangtai (left) was born in Liverpool, England, played for Everton, Sunderland, etc., and joined Guangzhou Evergrande in China in 2019 and became a naturalized citizen in 2020
However, some domestic media reported that although the player himself and the Cangzhou Lions also hope to promote naturalization, they always have to wait for the approval of the Chinese Football Association, but the Football Association has not made a statement on this matter so far. The Chinese Football Association naturalized 11 players from 2019 to 2020, among which Gao Latt and Xiao Taotao failed to meet the qualifications to represent the national football team, and finally renounced their Chinese nationality, and these naturalized soldiers failed to drive the national football team's record.