Nigeria hopes to seduce Arnaut Danjuma Groeneveld to pursue his international career the Super Eagles to prosecute, so you know The Sun Monday to report. The 24-year-old Bournemouth forward was born in the African country and has a Nigerian mother and a Dutch father. Nigeria hopes to benefit from new FIFA rules, so that Danjuma, despite the fact that he has already played two international matches for the Netherlands, can still switch national teams.
The wing attacker with dual nationality initially seemed to have made the choice for the Dutch. In 2018, the attacker made his debut in the Dutch national team under then national coach Ronald Koeman in the Nations League game with Germany. The day after his debut, Danjuma also got playing minutes against Belgium, in which he also scored. An injury was one of the reasons that he did not play more often.
Until the new regulations, which were passed in September last year, it was virtually impossible for a player to change national team. Players can now switch national teams, even if they have already made minutes for the country initially chosen. As long as a player has not played more than three matches for a country (including friendly matches) that did not take place at a FIFA final tournament (World Cup or Confederations Cup), and all matches were completed at the age of 21 or younger, there is a change of national team.
Danjuma went through the youth academy at PSV, and then ended up at Club Brugge via NEC Nijmegen. In 2019, the winger made the switch to Bournemouth, with which he relegated from the Premier League last season. This year Danjuma is experiencing its major breakthrough the Cherries, as he already scored 7 times in 21 games. The Nigerian Dutchman was again worth gold for his team last weekend: he scored the only goal in the match against Watford: 1-0.
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