Recently, the subject of nationality renunciation by naturalized Chinese footballer Gao Latter has sparked widespread public concern. The former national soccer midfield hopeful has chosen to renounce his Chinese nationality for a variety of complicated reasons, despite having to wait until 2024 to represent the national soccer team due to the Chinese Football Association's failure to clarify FIFA regulations. Golat, who was naturalized by Evergrande for a whopping 800 million yuan, now looks to be saying goodbye to Chinese soccer for a mere 250 yuan.
However, Gallagher is not the first naturalized player to retire from the game, as 26-year-old Xiao Tao Tao has gone one step ahead and signed the papers to regain his Peruvian citizenship. According to Peruvian media reports, Xiao Tao Tao has contacted the local immigration office on Wednesday and signed the relevant documents. The document has now been submitted to the Peruvian Interior Ministry for approval. When the documents are returned to the immigration office, Xiao Tao Tao will officially regain his Peruvian citizenship, at which time he will join the Peruvian Sports University club as a Peruvian player.
Looking back on Xiao Tao Tao's four years in China, it seems like a dream. Although dreams are very different from reality, both have one thing in common - absurdity. Golat's absurdity lies in the fact that the Chinese Football Association's rules are vague, spending huge sums of money but failing to utilize his strength to enhance the level of the national football team. Xiao Tao-tao's absurdity is that although he has the qualification to represent the country, but due to the lack of strength and can not really play for the country. His naturalization was a decision made by the FA four years ago, and the cost of naturalization has been lost.
Xiao Tao Tao, born in Peru in 1997, has Cantonese heritage and can speak Cantonese. At the beginning of the naturalization wave, he joined Guangzhou Evergrande for a transfer fee of 1 million RMB, aspiring to join the national soccer team. However, reality hit him hard. Cannavaro realized that Xiao Tao Tao lacked a place in the Chinese Super League and preferred not to keep him even though the left back position in the team was vacant. Xiao Tao Tao played three years in the Chinese League, but only scored three goals in three seasons.
In early 2022, after the national soccer team's victory in the Round of 12, Xiao Tao-tao's contract with Guangzhou expired. Realizing that he would have trouble finding a new home in Chinese soccer, he began planning to regain his Peruvian citizenship. To date, Xiao Tao Tao has held Chinese citizenship for four years, but has not left any playing record in the Chinese Super League or the national soccer team. However, during these four years, he managed to take 42 million yuan from China. Xiao Tao Tao's family is engaged in the mining industry in Peru, and the rest of his life is carefree. Xiao Tao Tao left in style, leaving behind a mess of Chinese soccer.
Despite the departure of both Xiao Tao Tao and Gaolat, the door of the national football team is not completely closed to naturalized players. Currently, Li Ke has recovered from his injury and is preparing for the new season with Beijing Guoan. Ackerson has also arrived in China and will soon join Chengdu Rongcheng. In addition, players such as Alan and Luo Guofu, who play in Brazil, are likely to return as soon as they are called up by the national soccer team. As for the former Fernando, although he could theoretically play for the national soccer team, the actual possibility is still doubtful.
