Clubs playing in the ADNOC Professional Football League announced through their official platforms that players in their ranks have obtained Emirati citizenship, and that they have been registered in the rosters of these clubs as national players starting from the new football season 2024-2025. The number of players who have recently obtained Emirati citizenship has reached nine players, including four from Al Ain Club: Matias Palacios, Sekou Baba, Jonas Navo and Solomon Suso, and three from Sharjah Club: Caio Lucas, Marcos Meloni and Osman Camara, and two players from Al Nasr Club: Gustavo Alex and Junior Silva. It is worth noting that these players obtaining Emirati citizenship qualifies them to play in the coming period in the ranks of the national team if the technical staff of the team, led by Portuguese coach Paulo Bento, summons them, as the team is preparing to hold an internal gathering at the end of this month in Abu Dhabi in preparation for its matches against the Qatari and Iranian national teams on the fifth and tenth of next month, within the first and second rounds of the final round qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.
Al Ain Club had announced through its official account on the “X” platform that four of its players had obtained Emirati citizenship, as they were registered in the team’s ranks as citizen players. Jonas Navo (18 years old) plays in the attacking line, while Matias Palacios (22 years old) is good at playing in the midfield, while Sekou Baba (23 years old) plays in the midfield, and Solomon Soso (19 years old) also plays in the midfield.
For its part, Sharjah Club also announced on its official page on the “X” platform that the team’s trio, Caio Lucas, Othman Camara and Marcos Meloni, had obtained Emirati citizenship. The match that Sharjah played the day before yesterday against Khorfakkan in the first round of the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank Cup is the first official match that Sharjah duo Othman Camara and Marcos Meloni have played as citizen players.
Sharjah player Marcos Meloni (24 years old) is good at playing in the defense line, while Othman Camara (23 years old) plays in the attack line, while Caio Lucas (30 years old) is active in the midfield and attack lines.
As for Al-Nasr Club, it announced on its official page on the “X” platform that defender Gustavo Alex (24 years old) and striker Junior Silva (24 years old) had obtained Emirati citizenship.
Al-Nasr Club wrote on its official page: “We congratulate the duo of Al-Ameed, Gustavo Alex and Junior Silva, on the honor of obtaining Emirati citizenship.”
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