Former Guangzhou star, who has helped the team three times to ask the Chinese Super League throne of naturalized players Lekadu Golat, 2020 officially naturalized in China, but has never been able to represent the national football team to wear the gown. 31-year-old striker, recently in the Brazilian media interviews, revealed that he is actively dealing with the naturalization procedures, and strive to regain Brazilian citizenship. This news, triggered the domestic media heated debate, many netizens are bluntly said that the effectiveness of the naturalization policy is doubtful, and even become a laughing stock.
Golat, who is currently playing for Bahia, helped the team get promoted last season and will be playing in the Barclays Premier League in the new season. After renewing his contract with Bahia, faced with the reporter's inquiry about the issue of naturalization, Golat said: "I am learning about the relevant progress, for the restoration of Brazilian nationality I am optimistic, my team is actively dealing with these matters." Golat, who returned to the Brazilian league early last year, is required to play as a foreigner, and it is reported that the Bahia club has already begun to deal with the naturalization procedures for him in order to free up the foreigner quota.
Once voted the best player in the Barclays Premier League, Golat was once the subject of competition from Europe's giants.In 2015, he chose to join Chinese Super League side Guangzhou, helping the team win three championships and the AFC Champions League in 2015. In recent years, the national football team to implement the naturalization policy, Golat in 2020 to respond to the call to renounce the Brazilian nationality to become our citizens. However, he has so far been unable to play for the national football team after failing to meet FIFA's (International Federation of Football Association) requirement that naturalized Chinese players must reside in China for five consecutive years due to a brief loan out to Barclays Premier League side Pomeranians in 2019.
Domestic media pointed out that the Guangzhou team did not know enough about the FIFA regulations when they first assisted Golat to become a naturalized player, and invested huge sums of money in the matter, making the incident a farce. The news of Golat's resumption of Brazilian citizenship has sparked heated debate on Weibo, with some netizens arguing that a number of naturalized national football players have left China, calling into question the effectiveness of the naturalization policy.
