Can you reject an international call up?

Any agreement between a player and a club to the contrary is prohibited.” For example, given the largely voluntary nature of international football, a player is free to reject an international call-up or, indeed, to retire from international football whenever they please.

Can a soccer player change national teams?

Under the new regulations, players can switch national teams, even if they have played in an official competition for the first nation (unless the match was in the tournament phases of the World Cup or a continental competition), provided the appearance occurred before the player turned 21.

How can a soccer player switch national team?

Can a football player reject an international call-up?

For example, given the largely voluntary nature of international football, a player is free to reject an international call-up or, indeed, to retire from international football whenever they please.

Can a football club police international call-ups?

When disputes between clubs, players and national teams arise, they are heard and then ruled on by FIFA’s Players’ Status Committee. While FIFA’s regulations clearly indicate that a club must acquiesce to international call-ups that does not mean that measures cannot be taken to subvert those principles and they are naturally difficult to police.

Do football clubs have to release players called up to national teams?

The regulations are explicit in stating that clubs are obliged to release any of their registered players to a national representative team if they are called up to a squad. Annexe 1 of the ‘Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players’ lays out 11 principles for managing the issue of national team call-ups.

Why is FIFA national team eligibility such a big deal?

FIFA national team eligibility has become something of a talking point in recent years as players exercise their right to change the association for which they play. There have been many high-profile examples of players who have switched to one association after coming through the ranks of another.