uk Mailing List: Dutch-born striker may play for Indonesia in 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers

[Arief Gusnanto (asgx1]

Dear All,
Sekedar selingan, buat yang tertarik dengan sepak bola dan punya harapan untuk 
bisa dual nationality :-) Mudah2an kasusnya Van Dijk bisa membuka diskusi di 
DPR untuk mengubah UU kewarganegaraan.

Arief


http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2009/2/28/sports/3368416&sec=sports



SYDNEY: Australian A-League’s joint top scorer Serginho van Dijk is 
investigating the possibility of playing for Indonesia in 2011 Asian Cup 
qualifying, reports said yesterday.

The 26-year-old Dutch-born striker — who scored 12 goals this season for 
Queensland Roar, 10 of them in his last 11 appearances — has already spoken 
with Indonesian football authorities, he told The Sydney Morning Herald.

“I’m really serious about this,” Van Dijk said.

“I have had some people contact me, I had a talk with them, and there was a 
meeting last week with the Indonesian Football Federation.

“They are positive about me playing for Indonesia. So that’s good. Now we have 
to sort it out regarding nationality,” said Van Dijk, whose father is Dutch and 
mother is Indonesian.

“I would like double nationality. I don’t want to give up my Dutch passport, 
because it brings up all sorts of negative things for me.

“After my career I want to go home, so that would make it very hard if I have 
to give up my nationality.”

Indonesia are competing in the same 2011 Asian Cup qualifying campaign as 
Australia and van Dijk could find himself up against Roar team-mate Craig Moore 
when the Socceroos host Indonesia in the return fixture in March next year.

/;The two teams recently played out a scoreless draw in Jakarta.

“There is a friendly game coming up against Manchester United (on July 24) and 
they already asked me if I want to play that game. It’s a non-FIFA game, so I 
don’t need citizenship for that,” Van Dijk said.

“Of course, I would love to play.” The Herald said while Indonesia do not have 
a history of naturalising foreigners to play for the national team, van Dijk’s 
parentage will help, although he will become a test case for the authorities.

“I go there many times to visit my family,” he said.

“My grandfather is from the Molucca Islands, my grandmother is from Java. I can 
speak Bahasa, but where most of my family is coming from, we also speak another 
dialect. But I can understand most things.”— AFP