Álvaro Fidalgo officially registered as Mexican with Liga MX | OneFootball

Several years ago, Álvaro Fidalgo completed all the necessary procedures to become a naturalized Mexican citizen, remembering that all foreigners who have been living in Mexico for more than two years can carry out this process.

From that point on, there was talk that this was a step towards being called up to the Mexican National Team, something that at the time didn’t make sense since there were still years to go before the player could be called up, as FIFA requires a minimum of five years in a country to be eligible to represent its national team.

Precisely this February, Fidalgo will be completing the five years required by FIFA and, therefore, he has already been registered with Mexican nationality in the Liga MX.

Does this mean he will no longer count as a foreign player?

At least for this tournament, Álvaro will continue to be considered as ‘Not trained in Mexico’, and that means he still occupies a foreign player spot.

For this situation to change, the player must be called up for a FIFA Date match by the Mexican National Team. This means that if he is called up for the match against Portugal in March, starting from the Apertura 2026 he would be considered ‘Trained in Mexico’ and would no longer count as a foreign player in Liga MX.

We’ll have to wait and see what happens, because we also have to remember there are rumors linking him to European football, so nothing guarantees he’ll stay in Mexico, nor can we guarantee his call-up to the Mexican National Team, as that will depend on the coaching staff led by Javier Aguirre.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇪🇸 here.