Subscribe to our newsletter. For those readers who are new to the world of International Soccer, I am including this primer on the game. I hope this clears up many of the questions you might have, but if not, please feel free to contact me at my email address . If a player has played on one national team in his career, he cannot play on another, even if he changes his citizenship officially. If a player has dual citizenship, he can choose which team he wishes to play on for the duration of his career.
National teams play in international tournaments, the most important of which is the World Cup.
More on these tournaments later. Club teams are privately owned teams that play in domestic leagues. For U.S. readers, these are much like Major League baseball with a few major differences. Club team players may be from any country, though many leagues do have limits on the number of foreign players each team may sign. For example, European teams allow any player from a European Union country to play as a domestic player but may only alllow three or four players from non-EU countries.