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The Football Association of Malaysia said in a statement that 27-year-old Deijl only has Malaysian ancestry through his great-grandparent, not through his grandparents, as stipulated by FIFA regulations. Article 5.2 adds that: “...any player who has already participated in a match in an official competition of any category or any type of football for one association may not play an international match for a representative team of another association.”
“A player who, under the terms of Article 5, is eligible to represent more than one association on account of his nationality, may play in an international match for one of these associations only if, in addition to having the relevant nationality, he fulfils at least one of the following conditions:
However, this is not necessarily the case. None of the current naturalised players representing Malaysia have played in what FIFA considers top-tier leagues.
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