Pablo Míguez close to being Peruvian: What should a foreign footballer do to become a national?

Pablo Míguez has become an indisputable benchmark for Alliance Lima. At the beginning of 2014, ‘Cotorra’ landed for the first time in Lima and his adventures at the Blue and White club have continued until today, although with some interruptions along the way. The Uruguayan footballer has been one of the pillars of the team that won the national title in 2021, so his continuity is guaranteed. In fact, soon, it will take a very important and beneficial step for the ‘intimate ones’: to achieve Peruvian nationalization.

The fight, courage and claw of Míguez they are not negotiable. For this reason, he is one of the players that the fans from alliance love the most. With 34 years over, he still remains a fundamental piece for any scheme and, therefore, he will seek to have a space in the team without occupying the position of foreigner. “In fact, we have already done the entire formal process of documents, exams. It is in the last stage of formalization “, says José Bellina, sports manager of Alianza Lima. In the intimate club they have planned for ‘Cotorra’ to play as a Peruvian in 2022.

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“This first week of December we will already be nationalized, God willing. It was my initiative and I know that it helps the club a lot because it frees one more quota. I have a contract with Alianza Lima for one more year and the idea is to stay. You have to work hard every day because performance is what everything depends on. Who knows if I could retire here, let’s go step by step ”, said Míguez in a recent interview with RPP.

The truth is that to achieve nationalization you have to meet certain requirements and a series of steps, which can take months. Here we explain how this process is carried out to obtain Peruvian nationality.

Steps to follow

In Peru there is a long list of foreign soccer players who have been nationalized, either to free up a foreign quota or to have the option of being called up by the national team. .

Law number 26574, on Nationality, determines in the third article that “They are Peruvians by naturalization:

1. Foreign persons who express their will to be foreign and who meet the following requirements:

a) Legally reside in the territory of the Republic for at least two consecutive years.

b) Regularly exercise profession, art, trade or business activity.

c) Lack of criminal records, have good conduct and moral solvency ”.

To fulfill all this, the soccer players must do a series of procedures to complete the process such as submitting a form; among other important things that are well detailed in the Unique digital platform of the Peruvian State.

In the other modality, article four of the aforementioned Nationality Law stipulates that “The foreign person united in marriage with a Peruvian or Peruvian and resident, in this condition, in the territory of the Republic for at least two years, who expresses his will to be so before the competent authority. The naturalized spouse by marriage does not lose Peruvian nationality in the event of divorce or death of the spouse “.

In this context, the conditions that are requested are the same as the application for Peruvian nationality by naturalization. .

The procedures are also similar, only in this case the. The other details are specified in this Web page.

It should be noted that the request for nationalization, under the two modes explained, is made through the digital agency of the National Superintendency of Migration. In addition, this process has a period of no more than 30 business days, but due to the high demand and some errors in the procedures, it can take a few months.

It is for this reason that Pablo Míguez He has not yet finalized his nationalization, but there is hope that in the next few days he will be able to do so and by the 2022 season he will no longer occupy a foreign position in Alianza Lima.

The cases of foreigners who were nationalized

Pablo Míguez He will join a long list of foreign footballers who became Peruvian nationals. In fact, along with its nationalization process,.

To free foreign quotas in Peruvian soccer there is a very representative case such as that of Johnnier Montaño, who arrived in Peru in 2007 to play for Sport Boys and later has worn the jersey of various national teams. The Colombian-born player had several opportunities to obtain a Peruvian DNI, but he only decided to process it in 2019.

Another great figure of the local league that was nationalized was Jorge Cazulo. .

“My daughter is Peruvian and it is very nice to share my nationality with her. The citizens of Peru asked me for the club for the quota. Peru is like my country because it opened the doors for me, but my best contribution is not to participate in its national team so that players continue to emerge and maintain the essence of those who were born here, who dream of the Peruvian team “Cazulo explained in an interview with a media outlet from Uruguay, his native country.

With an Argentine preponderance, this list is extended with the names of footballers such as Sergio ‘Checho’ Ibarra, Pedro Garay, Daniel Ferreyra, Donald Millán, Emiliano Ciucci, Mario Tajima, among others.

In the specific case of the Peruvian team, there are a series of very particular stories. In the 70s, the most special case was that of Ramon Quiroga. The Argentine goalkeeper became a Peruvian national and was able to defend the goal of the ‘Blanquirroja’ from the World Cup in Argentina 78 ′ to the qualifying rounds to Mexico 86 ′.

In the 90s, Julinho and Julio César Balerio, protagonists of the Sporting Cristal three-time championship and runner-up in the Copa Libertadores, obtained Peruvian nationality and had opportunities in the national team. For his part, Óscar Ibáñez -university idol and champion of the 2003 South American Cup with Cienciano- did the same to be able to defend the goal of the national team.

At the beginning of the century, Gustavo Tempone from Mar del Plata, who played for teams such as Sporting Cristal, Alianza Lima, Universitario, Sport Boys, etc., also obtained Peruvian nationality, but his chance of representing the country was minimal: he only played five duels with the selection.

Already today the cases have multiplied. Players like Horacio Calcaterra and Gabriel Costa They got the Peruvian DNI and are part of the wide list of players that Ricardo Gareca, coach of the ‘Blanquirroja’, has for the different team challenges.