Brazilian defender of CSKA Moscow Mario Fernandez officially received the right to speak for the Russian team.
This was confirmed by the general director of the club Roman Babaev.
"If Fernandez had not been operated on now, he would have been able to take part in the games of the national team. This happens automatically, because he lived for five years in Russia, "Babayev said..
Fernandez was born in Brazil, and in Russia he has been performing since 2012.
Note that the Russian team already has two naturalized football players - Brazilian goalkeeper Marinato Guilherme, as well as Roman Neustetter, who was born in Ukraine, but in his childhood moved to Germany.