Santiago Gimenez listed as Italian on Liga Portugal form | OneFootball

Santiago Gimenez’s profile on Liga Portugal’s official website lists the FC Porto striker as an Italian citizen. Although he plays internationally for Mexico and was born in Argentina, the player also holds Italian nationality, which allows him to be registered in Portugal as a European Union citizen.

This indication does not, of course, change Gimenez’s connection to Mexico. Born in Buenos Aires, the striker grew up in Mexico and represents that country at international level. His Italian citizenship was passed down through his family, and it is this dual nationality that explains the information provided by Liga Portugal.

From an administrative point of view, registration as an Italian citizen makes the process associated with the player’s arrival in Portugal simpler. Footballers who hold the nationality of a European Union country are not subject to the same immigration formalities as athletes who are exclusively from outside the EU. Therefore, bodies such as AIMA do not intervene in the process as they would for a foreign player coming from outside the EU.

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