“Tricolores” from Tonga, Russia, the United States or Spain. Foreigners who represented Romania and were not challenged, such as Mario Camora



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Your captain CFR Cluj to play in Romania since 2011, when it came to CFR Cluj since Naval, and has said many times that he can’t wait to play for the national team.

Even so, his call has already provoked reactions from radical supporters, who do not want to see footballers naturalized under the tricolor.

“As of today, through the selection announced for the next matches, the Romanian soccer team has become an international team, irretrievably perverting its identity only under the pretext of bringing in a player who is supposed to make a better contribution. to your post “.several supporters of the “United under the tricolor” community wrote on Facebook.

Not long ago and Ciprian Marica he was against naturalizations. “I am more nationalistic, I want Romanians for Romania. Otherwise, why do we continue to torment our club teams with unprofessional rules with under-21 and youth players on the field, if we are thinking of naturalizing foreign players between 28 and 30 years old?said the former international, almost a month ago.

Romania’s rugby team, a “multinational”: naturalized players from Georgia, Tonga or South Africa.

If in football we are in the situation of only now having the first naturalized player to evolve for the national team, in other sports this practice is common.

For example, the national rugby team a Romania Over time, it has naturalized players from South Africa, Tonga, New Zealand or Georgia.

Johannes van Heerden (33 years old), born in Pretoria, South Africa, has already played 40 times for “oaks”, the first time in 2015. Other athletes who played for the Romanian rugby team:

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  • Michael Wiringi (35 years old), from New Zealand
  • Stephen Shennan (29 years old), from New Zealand
  • Randall Morrison (36 years old), from South Africa
  • Jody rose (34 years old), from South Africa
  • Otar Turashvili (34 years old), from Georgia. It was naturalized for the first time in 2012. It has evolved 35 times for “oaks”.
  • Mtya tomorrow (35 years old), from South Africa
  • Kuselo moyake (34 years old), from Tonga
  • Jack Umaga (36 years old), from New Zealand
  • Paula Kinikinilau (34 years old), from Tonga
  • Fonovai Tangimana (30 years old), from Tonga
  • Sione Fakaʻosilea (33 years old), from Tonga

Basketball: a Spaniard made Romania champion of Europe

And in basketball Romania He did not hesitate to naturalize players capable of raising the level of the national team. Thus, Americans Giordan watson (34 years) Y Kris richard (31 years old) were recently part of the “tricolor” group in the qualifications for EuroBasket 2021.

Spanish Angel santana He came to Romania to play basketball since 2004. Before coming here, he had played at the university level in the United States, then in other European countries, such as Germany, Belgium or France.

He stayed in our country, obtained Romanian citizenship in 2010 and was the leader of the 3X3 national basketball team, which won the first European Championship, held in 2014, right in Bucharest.

“I like the warmth of the people. The Romanians are very friendly, like the Spanish. On the other hand, I don’t like the roads of Romania at all.”, he said Santana, in an interview for VICE, granted in 2016.

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Ángel Santana / photo: Facebook @ bcshoootingstars

Other athletes naturalized by Romania

Romania has also naturalized many foreigners for individual sports. For example, French Felix Duchampt (30 years old) could represent our country in Tokyo, in 2021, in the triathlon event.

In biathlon, three Russians obtained citizenship this year: Elena Chirkova, Anastasia Tolmacheva Y Anatolii Oskin. Also the French Ania monica caill (24 years old) represents our country in alpine skiing, while the German Julia Jump (23 years old) competes for Romania in figure skating.

The futsal, Savio Valadares Y Felipe Oliveira there are two Brazilians who are part of the group Romania. The first is Romanian from 2017 and fully contributed to the classification of the “tricolor” in the 2018 European Championship, held in Slovenia.

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Albert saritov (30 years old) is a naturalized Russian who won the bronze medal in Olympic Games from Rio de Janeiro, category 97 kg, wrestling discipline.

And in judo Romania is based on two foreign athletes. Russian Zhukov Petr (24 years old) and Moldovan Serafima Fly (20 years old) has been competing for our country since October 2019.

Tags: mirel radoi , mario camora , angel santana , Giordan watson , kris richard , ania monica caill , johannes van heerden , paula kinikinilau , savio valadares

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