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Argentina’s Fifa World Cup winner Lionel Messi’s ancestry has been traced again to Otjiwarongo, and if he chooses, he shall be eligible to play for Namibia.<\/b><\/p>\n

Fifa’s rules on worldwide eligibility verify that there are 4 ways in which a participant can ‘purchase’ a brand new nationality: They have been born within the nation.<\/p>\n

Their organic mother and father have been born within the nation.<\/p>\n

Their organic grandparents have been born within the nation. Senior sources inside Messi’s administration workforce confirmed that he’s in reality eligible to play for Namibia. In keeping with his followers, “Messi accomplished soccer’ after main Argentina to its third World Cup trophy in its historical past in Qatar final 12 months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Argentina’s Fifa World Cup winner Lionel Messi’s ancestry has been traced again to Otjiwarongo, and if he chooses, he shall be eligible to play for Namibia. Fifa’s rules on worldwide eligibility verify that there are 4 ways in which a participant can ‘purchase’ a brand new nationality: They have been born within the nation. 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