The award[2] rendered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on 19 April 2018, in the case between Mr Florent Malouda and Concacaf, is to date the only published award to have decided a question of eligibility of a player with a so-called common or shared nationality.[3] As can be seen from the summary of another award,[4] “a distinction must be drawn between a player having a “shared nationality” that is a single nationality that entitles a player to represent two or more associations […] and a player having a “dual nationality” or several nationalities who can choose to play for one or the other national association according to his passports.”
Mr Malouda has only one state nationality as he is a French citizen. However, according to FIFA Statutes (Ed September 2020), in its provisions governing eligibility to play for representative teams,[5] this nationality allows, under certain conditions, to represent at the international level either the French Football Federation or other associations representing French overseas territories under the administration of the French Republic. This is notably the case for the Guyana Football League (LFG)
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