Real Madrid announced this Monday that Vinicius Junior was sworn into the Spanish Constitution on Friday, September 2. A procedure implying that the Brazilian striker has dual citizenship from then on. I mean, already he is a full spanish citizen.

The white team had been waiting for months for a procedure to be resolved. The player started about a year ago with the support and support of the club.. Vinicius arrived in Spain from Flamendo in July 2018 and completed the minimum three-year residency required to obtain dual citizenship last summer.

The delay in processing these files by the Department of Justice has so far delayed this process, which is so common in football players from South America and therefore invades football. non-community place in the league.

three non-community

Here lies the importance of this process for Real Madrid. The regulations in force in Spain state that they can only be registered in each team. three football players with non-community status. In addition to those from states that have special agreements with the EU, those born in countries of the European Union are not counted as such.

Those born in countries that have signed the convention Cotonou AgreementMost of sub-Saharan Africa, some small island countries of the Caribbean and Oceania.

At this time, three non-EU locations of Real Madrid were occupied. Vinicius himself and fellow Brazilians Rodrygo Goes and Eder Militao. A situation that prevents the white club from empowering itself with another player with this condition. In fact, that was one of the reasons why Manchester City refused to include Brazilian striker Gabriel Jesus, who signed to Arsenal this summer.

From the moment Vinicius was sworn into the Constitution, LaLiga began to see him as more of a community football player and released this non-community card. The only bad news for Madrid is that this change comes with the closure of the summer transfer market, but the way is open for them to include a non-EU player in the January market if they wish.

Meanwhile, he opens the door for another Vinicius to call out. Vinicius Tobias, can play his first game in LaLiga with the first team. Also Brazilian, this 18-year-old right-back came to Real Madrid from Shakhtar in April, taking advantage of the window opened by FIFA due to the war in Ukraine. Until now He could only play for Castilla in the First Federation. (Although he may qualify for the Champions League), but now the A-team doors are open to him if Carlo Ancelotti sees fit.

Can you play with Spain?

It should also be clarified, despite the fact that Vinicius is already a full-fledged Spaniard. can’t play against spain. For this, he must not have played in an official match against Brazil in September 2019. Since then, he has actually played 20 games with his team and is one of the team’s leading stars. The Qatar World Cup will take place in November.