Foreign players eligible for naturalization, following Xuan Son to wear Vietnam national team jersey

Nguyen Xuan Son's impressive debut in the Vietnamese national team has won the hearts of fans. This also opens up hope for high-quality foreign players with experience playing in the V.League to obtain citizenship to have the opportunity to play for the national team.

Hendrio Araujo (30 years old)

Hendrio Araujo is one of the foreign players who aspires to become a Vietnamese citizen. He has only been in Binh Dinh since the end of 2020. It will not be until December 2025 that the Brazilian midfielder can officially become a Vietnamese citizen and be eligible to play for the national team. The Vietnamese team currently has Quang Hai playing well in this position, but adding another naturalized player will still bring many breakthroughs.

Recently, Hendrio Araujo has been actively learning Vietnamese. The player born in 1994 is even more fluent in the new language than Nguyen Xuan Son. However, if he can become a Vietnamese citizen, Hendrio will have to change clubs. V.League only allows each team to have 1 naturalized player.

Gustavo Santos (29 years old)

Gustavo Santos came to Vietnam in 2019 and he is eligible for Vietnamese citizenship. The center-back born in 1995 is also ready to acquire citizenship and contribute to the Vietnamese team. Gustavo Santos is not an all-round center-back who is both good at playing and defending.

However, Thanh Hoa's player is 1m95 tall, he wins most of the high balls.

In addition, Gustavo Santos is very strong in one-on-one situations. He brings outstanding strength to the defense of the Vietnamese team. The player of Dong A Thanh Hoa is at the best age of his career and is used to life in the S-shaped strip of land. Gustavo's small family lives in an apartment in the center of Thanh Hoa city and he speaks Vietnamese very well.

Janclesio (32 years old)

Janclesio is playing for Binh Duong Club and is in his 7th season in V.League. But the naturalization of this player does not seem to be very promising. The team from Da Nang is not interested in the story of naturalization when they have Tran Trung Hieu (Kizito) in their hands.

Binh Duong Club must terminate the contract with one of these two players if Janclesio becomes a Vietnamese citizen in the near future.

Unfortunately, Janclesio is 32 years old and no longer at his peak. This central defender has been in decline recently and is unlikely to meet the demands of the Vietnamese team.

This case brings a lot of regret to fans. Janclesio used to play very well in the past but could not maintain good form for a long enough time.

Gordon Rimario (31 years old)

Rimario meets many conditions to become a Vietnamese citizen because he has lived for 7 years and played continuously in the V.League. Rimario is definitely a very dangerous striker with endless physical strength. In recent years, the Jamaican player has also been among the top strikers in the V.League. He has scored 61 goals and made 26 passes to his teammates in the past 7 seasons.

Unfortunately, Rimario is 31 years old and has just suffered an injury to the anterior cruciate ligament of his knee. He was absent after the first round of V.League and will miss the entire season. Whether Rimario can maintain his form or not is still a big question mark. Not to mention, Rimario's "crazy horse" nature has caused this player to lose many opportunities.

Mai Phuong

Source: https://vtcnews.vn/dan-ngoai-binh-du-dieu-kien-nhap-tich-noi-got-xuan-son-khoac-ao-tuyen-viet-nam-ar915726.html