Given the naturalization of Funes Mori and his possible call to El Tri, we present you cases in reverse, Mexican elements who changed their roles to represent another country
Despite not having family ties or ancestry from another country, there are Mexican footballers who, after receiving an opportunity to represent another team, became naturalized and wore the jacket of another nation.
On ESPN Digital We present to you the Mexican players who changed their nationality to defend another team.
The native of Guadalajara, Jalisco, was active in the MX League with the Monarcas Morelia ensemble in the 2000s, as well as in the ensemble of Los Alacranes de Sonora and Tigrillos de Nuevo León. When he was left without activity in Mexican territory, he decided to emigrate to Nicaragua, in order to find continuity in his career.
In 2010, the soccer player from Guadalajara arrived at the Real Estelí team, where he became a benchmark for the Nicaraguan team, so after a long process as captain, he ended up naturalizing to be the representative of that country, becoming at 36 years old. in the captain of the Pinolero national team.
Carlos Labrada
The native of Mazatlán, Sinaloa had a different history from the rest of the elements who chose to play with another representative, after, after emigrating for work reasons to the Caribbean, the Mexican defender decided to represent the National Team of the Virgin islands, where at the age of 33 he was active in a World Cup qualifying match against Canada and Granada.
In addition to being active with that Caribbean national team in the World Cup qualifying round, he also managed to play a beach soccer World Cup, which was held in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.
Diego Najera
The youth squad of Chivas has been active in Europe since 2013. After not finding opportunities in Mexican territory, he emigrated to soccer Andorra, where he has become a scoring champion three times. Given its good performance with the whole of FC Santa Coloma, the national team of that country decided to start his naturalization process to add him to their ranks in their national team.
Isidro Sánchez Macip
The son of José Luis Sánchez Solá, has Mexican nationality, however, in 2007 he received the invitation to represent the Canada selection in the 2007 Concacaf pre-Olympic on the way to the Beijing Olympics.
Isidro Sanchez He surprised many in the football field when he appeared with the Canadian representative’s jacket, with which he obtained the third place medal.