Doan Van Ut, General
Director of the Binh Duong Club JS Company, said that his firm is carrying out
procedures to get Vietnamese citizenship for strikers Lee Nguyen and Philani.

Binh Duong football
club currently has five foreign players: Philani, Obina, Lee Nguyen, Leandro
and Osita. However, the club can use up to four foreign players at the upcoming
V-League 2011.

With its ambition
to win the V-League 2011, Binh Duong wants to use all five foreign players. The
club has asked for the Vietnamese citizenship for Philani and assisted
Vietnamese American Lee Nguyen to get his Vietnamese citizenship because Lee
Nguyen’s family had already submitted necessary documents.

Ut said that perhaps
Lee Nguyen would be recognized as a Vietnamese citizen in early 2011 so he can
play as a domestic player after the second round of V-League 2011.

If Lee Nguyen
becomes a naturalized Vietnamese, he will not be able to play for the
Vietnamese national squad because he had played for the American youth team and
the American squad.

Lee Nguyen, 25,
joined Hoang Anh Gia Lai club in 2009 with a 3-year contract. In the first
football season, he scored 12 goals for the team. However, Hoang Anh Gia Lai
broke its contract with Lee Nguyen in mid-2010. Nguyen moved to Binh Duong
since then.

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