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“The naturalization process was not violated,” – said the Secretary General of the football Federation of Ukraine Yuriy Zapesotsky.
Junior Moraes with a Ukrainian passport / ffu.org.agenerally Secretary of the football Federation of Ukraine Yuriy Zapesotsky commented on the scandal surrounding the naturalization of Junior Moraes.
Earlier Portuguese publication Maisfutebol published information about the illegality of the naturalization of the Brazilian, they say, he has not lived on the territory of Ukraine continuously 5 years, as required by the Charter of FIFA, and have lived 4 years and 8 months.
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“We examined the situation surrounding the naturalization of Moraes. There is no doubt that the naturalization process was not violated. Has complied with all positions of the law of Ukraine “On citizenship of Ukraine”, – said the Secretary General of the football Federation of Ukraine Yuriy Zapesotsky.
“Junior Moraes has not brought the relevant rules of stay in the country established the law of Ukraine “On citizenship” and the tax code. Secondly. FIFA, in determining the sufficiency of the period of permanent residence in a country refers to national legislation”, – said Zapesotsky, quoted by Tribuna.
Earlier it was reported that the Ukrainian team may be assessed a technical defeat in the matches against Portugal (0:0) and Luxembourg (2:1), which was attended by Moraes.