Recently, Chinese soccer's naturalized player Golat's impending renunciation of his Chinese citizenship has become the focus of public attention. The star, who was once regarded as the future midfield engine of the national soccer team, will not be able to play for the national soccer team until 2024, as the Chinese Football Association (CFA) has not clarified the rules of FIFA. For various reasons, Golat decided to renounce his Chinese nationality. Evergrande spent 800 million yuan to naturalize Golat, who is now earning a lot of money, and will be saying goodbye to China for only 250 yuan.
However, Gaolat is not the first naturalized player to retire from Chinese soccer. One man signed a document to restore his nationality first. He is 26-year-old Xiao Tao Tao. According to Peruvian media reports, Xiao Tao Tao contacted the local immigration office as early as Wednesday and signed a document regarding the restoration of Peruvian nationality. The document has now been sent to the Peruvian Ministry of the Interior for signature. When the document is returned to the immigration office, Xiao Tao Tao officially acquires Peruvian nationality. At that time, he will join the Peruvian Sports University club as a Peruvian domestic player.
Looking back on Xiao Tao Tao's four years in China, it seems like a dream. This dream is not the same as Golat's, but it has one thing in common, which is that both are ridiculous. Golat's absurdity lies in the fact that the CFA couldn't find the most basic rules and wasted 800 million dollars, but Golat's strength can lead the national soccer team to a higher level. The absurdity of Xiaotao is that while he is qualified to play for his country, he simply does not have the strength to do so. His naturalization was a product of the FA four years ago. And of course, the money to naturalize Xiaotao Tao-tao was in vain.
Xiao Tao Tao was born in Peru in 1997. His grandfather was from Guangdong, so Xiao Tao Tao speaks Cantonese. At the beginning of the wave of naturalization in Chinese soccer, Xiao Tao Tao joined Guangzhou Evergrande for a transfer fee of 1 million. At that time, he was determined to join the national soccer team. But the reality was bone dry. Cannavaro realized that Xiao Tao Tao simply didn't have the strength to establish a foothold in the Chinese Super League. Even though the team did not have a real left back, Cannavaro was not willing to keep him. Xiao Tao Tao participated in the Chinese League for three years, playing for Shanghai Shenxin and Kunshan Football Club. He scored three goals in three seasons.
At the beginning of 2022, when the national soccer team beat the Top 12, Xiaotao's contract with Guangzhou expired. He was well aware that it would be difficult for him to find his next home in Chinese soccer, so he also began the reckoning to regain his Peruvian citizenship. So far, Xiao Tao Tao has been a Chinese national for four years, and he has zero appearance records in the Chinese Super League and the national soccer team. But in the past four years, Xiao Tao Tao has taken 42 million dollars from China. In addition, Xiao Tao Tao's family is doing mining in Peru, and he has nothing to worry about for the rest of his life. Xiaotao Tao-tao is dashing off with a pat on the back and the chicken feathers of Chinese soccer behind him.
Although Xiao Tao Tao and Gaolat are gone, the door to the national football team is not completely closed to naturalized players. Li Ke has now recovered from a serious injury and is working with Beijing Guoan to prepare for the new season. Ackerson has also arrived in China and is about to join Chengdu Rongcheng. In addition, Alan and Luo Guofu, who play in Brazil, are likely to return as soon as the national soccer team calls them up. As for Fernando, who has disappeared for a long time, although he could theoretically play for the national soccer team, it is not necessarily true.
