（1.Department Physical Education，Shanghai University of International Business and Economics，Shanghai 201620，China；2.Jiangsu Sports Industry and Health Research Institute，Soochow University，Suzhou 215021，China) Abstract: By applying text analysis and logic analysis, the authors probed into rule evolution and evolution charac-teristics regarding naturalized players in world football, and concluded the followings: rule evolution went through such 4 stages as early development, legal confirmation, gradual perfection and deepened reform; evolution charac-teristics embody the uniqueness of universal nationality, the strictness of long term residence principles, and the ex-clusiveness of official games. The authors analyzed the positive roles and existing cons of naturalized football play-ers, such as that it is difficult for some fans to accept them in terms of national feeling, that they are the showing of Chinese football seeking quick success and instant benefits, that it is difficult for them to have intense national iden-tity recognition, and that they affect the order of fair competition in domestic league matches. According to the pros and cons of naturalization, the authors the following strategies for naturalization in Chinese football: strengthen strategic naturalization and top level design, expedite naturalization policy practice; firmly implement appropriate naturalization policies, consolidate the football population foundation; conform to the interest need of the national team, maintain the fair competition environment of league matches; develop sense of national honor education, en-hance the players’ sense of national identity.
Key words: sports sociology；naturalized player；FIFA Statutes 2018；Chinese football；nationality；national identity |
