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Born in the United States, became a naturalized Bulgarian citizen, represented Bulgaria internationally. [135] [136] Bulgaria United States: Cedric Simmons: F/C 2006–2009: 3 Born in the United States, became a naturalized Bulgarian citizen, represented Bulgaria internationally. [137] [138] Bulgaria Cyprus: Sasha Vezenkov: F 2023–2024: 1
The Olympic Council of Asia does not enforce FIBA eligibility rules when it comes to naturalized players and dual citizens in the Asian Games. However it requires players to reside in the country they seek to represent for at least three years. [5] The eligibility could be claimed by a passport of at least three years of validity.
Note that this definition is very different from what the NBA uses in listing "international players" on its team rosters. For that purpose, the league defines an "international player" specifically as one born outside the 50 United States or the District of Columbia, even if that player's parent is a natural-born American. Also of note is that ...
For example, there has been a profound disregard [9] for taking care of citizenship status' for foreign-born players which have decreased the proportion of immigrants, black, and Latino players [10] from entering the league. The NBA helps get the players into America, but gaining a visa is difficult and involves an immigration lawyer.
The number of NBA players who were born outside the United States has hovered around 25% in recent years.
The following is a list of athletes with dual nationality.It includes both players who can trace their origins to a foreign country and those who have attained foreign nationality during their career, as well as players who hail from semi-autonomous regions within countries.
These list excludes players whose citizenship status is unrecognized by FIBA and therefore treated the same was as naturalized players as per FIBA eligibility rules; such as the status of American-born player Jordan Clarkson who is born to a Filipino mother and has Filipino citizenship at birth.
Donald Trump has said he plans to end birthright citizenship as part of his promised crackdown on immigration when he becomes president on Jan. 20. Below is a look at U.S. birthright citizenship ...