{"id":29430,"date":"2025-08-30T01:07:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/?p=29430"},"modified":"2025-08-30T01:07:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T16:07:20","slug":"mauro-zijlstra-officially-becomes-indonesian-citizen-three-diaspora-players-join-womens-national-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2025\/08\/30\/mauro-zijlstra-officially-becomes-indonesian-citizen-three-diaspora-players-join-womens-national-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauro Zijlstra Officially Becomes Indonesian Citizen, Three Diaspora Players Join Women\u2019s National Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"484\"><strong>Mauro Zijlstra has officially obtained Indonesian citizenship after taking the oath of allegiance at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in The Hague, Netherlands, on August 29.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"686\">Alongside Zijlstra, three naturalized players for the Indonesian women\u2019s national team also secured citizenship: Isabel Kopp, Pauline Jeannette van de Pol, and Isabelle Nottet.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"688\" data-end=\"975\">\u201cThis oath-taking ceremony is a follow-up to the Presidential Decree issued by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, granting citizenship to the four players,\u201d the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) said in an official statement received by <em data-start=\"957\" data-end=\"972\">CNN Indonesia<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"977\" data-end=\"1189\">The federation added, \u201cThis moment underscores the state\u2019s strong commitment to strengthening the foundations of national football through diaspora talents who embody fighting spirit and international quality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1191\" data-end=\"1482\">For FC Volendam player Zijlstra, his new status paves the way for him to join Indonesia\u2019s U-23 national team, which faces several key competitions before the end of the year. His presence at the heart of Garuda Muda\u2019s defense is expected to bring added stability and boost competitiveness at the Asian level.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1484\" data-end=\"1894\">Meanwhile, the three diaspora players\u2014Isabel, Pauline, and Isabelle\u2014are projected to play an integral role in the long-term project for Indonesia\u2019s women\u2019s national team. They are expected to contribute toward ambitious goals: breaking into the world\u2019s top 50, climbing into Asia\u2019s top 10, qualifying for every edition of the AFC Women\u2019s Asian Cup, and ultimately reaching the FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup in 2035.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mauro Zijlstra has officially obtained Indonesian citizenship after taking the oath of allegiance at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in The Hague, Netherlands, on August 29. Alongside Zijlstra, three naturalized players for the Indonesian women\u2019s national team also secured citizenship: Isabel Kopp, Pauline Jeannette van de Pol, and Isabelle Nottet. \u201cThis oath-taking ceremony is a follow-up to the Presidential Decree issued by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, granting citizenship to the four players,\u201d the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) said in an official statement received by CNN Indonesia. The federation added, \u201cThis moment underscores the state\u2019s strong commitment to strengthening the foundations of national football &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/2025\/08\/30\/mauro-zijlstra-officially-becomes-indonesian-citizen-three-diaspora-players-join-womens-national-team\/\" class=\"tribe-more-link\">Continue reading &#8220;Mauro Zijlstra Officially Becomes Indonesian Citizen, Three Diaspora Players Join Women\u2019s National Team&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":28138,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,26],"tags":[91,3025,95,315],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29430"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29431,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29430\/revisions\/29431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/football-tribe.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}