Question Number: 17614

Other 11/2/2007

RE: rec and select Under 11

spencer of cincinnati, ohio USA asks...

if your ansesters are from Germany but you were born in the USA can you still play for Germany?

Answer provided by Referee Gary Voshol

FIFA has complex rules about what national team anyone may be play on. Ancestry is not enough; the player has to be a citizen of the country. And there are rules about transferring citizenship from one country to another.

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Question Number: 17614

Other 11/2/2007

spencer of cincinnati, ohio USA asks...

Answer provided by Referee Gary Voshol

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Offside Question?