Aussies abroad 🌍🦘

[rebelliousfeminist974]

Yaya Dukuly came on in the 68th minute for Celje in their 2-0 Champions League third qualifying round second leg win over Ararat-Armenia, scoring the first goal of the match in the 83rd minute as they ended up getting the job done 3-2 on aggregate.

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

Anthony Kalik came on in the 65th minute for Kauno Zalgiris in their 2-1 Champions League third qualifying round second leg loss to 10-man Dinamo Zagreb, with Kauno Zalgiris also losing the tie 7-1 on aggregate.

 

[rebelliousfeminist974]

No game time for Garang Kuol, who was an unused substitute for 10-man Sparta Prague in their 3-0 Champions League third qualifying round second leg loss to Olympique Lyonnais, with Sparta Prague also losing the tie 4-2 on aggregate.

 

[Alex M]

his dad is australian but wasn't born in australia, nor was jason, making him ineligible unless he lives in australia for a significant amount of time.

That's not my understanding of the Citizen by descent requirement. If his dad was an Australian Citizen when he was born and spent 2 years in Australia he is eligible. If his dad was also a citizen by descent and hasn't spent 2 years in Australia then He wouldn't be eligible.

 

[Toebash]

That's not my understanding of the Citizen by descent requirement. If his dad was an Australian Citizen when he was born and spent 2 years in Australia he is eligible. If his dad was also a citizen by descent and hasn't spent 2 years in Australia then He wouldn't be eligible.

He's eligible for Australian citizenship, but not eligible to play for Australia under FIFA's nationality requirements. It's not enough to have a passport, otherwise countries could just nationalise third rate Brazilians willy nilly and become competitive. You also need to have either (a) been born in the country, or had a parent or grandparent born in the country, or (b) lived in the country for 5 years.

This rule means people sometimes fall through the cracks in a way that seems a little unfair. For example, let's say one parent (the Dad) was born overseas, moved to Australia at the age of one and then acquired Australian citizenship. If the Dad had later moved back overseas at the age of 30 and then had a son, that overseas-born son wouldn't be eligible to play for Australia, even though the son could have applied for and been granted Australian citizenship at birth through the Australian citizen father. I am pretty sure that's what happened with Jakolis.