by christakis10 » Mon Jan 19, 2015 1:02 am
I am in the same situation as above. I was born in America and contain an American passport. My dad was born in Larnaca, Cyprus and obtains a Cypriot passport. I have been to Cyprus many times to visit my family, my parents live in America, and I just finished university in the state of Kentucky. I n speaking with my football agent, I had many teams looking to me and signing to become a professional footballer. I am currently in Cyprus now looking to sign with a team. The way Cyprus football works is you must be EU Citizen to sign with Division 3 or 4 team here because those teams only allow 2 foreigners. All the teams I speak with have their 2 foreigners signed through this season. I am looking to find a team to get playing now. I have had plans of obtaining dual citizenship to Cyprus and America and I have all my papers ready. I am heading to Nicosia on Wednesday to get things sorted. I was wondering what else I need to do in order to get my dual citizenship as quickly as possible. I am unaware of the time frame to acquire this and I was wondering if any of you have any information confirmed in helping me reach a solution. I can play for a division 1 or 2 team here in cyprus but I will have to wait till after the season in the summer to sign because most of them are not looking for players in the middle of the season. Once I get my Cyprus citizenship as well as obtaining my American citizenship I can get signed immediately and make a little bit of money for now until I can get signed by a bigger club and make money for my family back home in America.