Commission XIII Of The House Of Representatives Of The Republic Of Indonesia Approves Kevin Diks' Naturalization, Noa Leatomu, And Embola Loupatty

Estella Loupatty, naturalisasinya disetujui DPR RI (Instagram/@estellupatty).

JAKARTA - The senior Indonesian national team and the Indonesian women's national team will return to new players.

The naturalization of Kevin Diks, Noa Leatomu, and Emella Loupatty was approved by Commission XIII of the DPR RI on Monday, November 4, 2024. This means that the third process continues.

In a meeting held with PSSI and Menpora, the chairman of the Commission XIII meeting of the DPR RI, Willy Aditya, asked the willingness of the meeting members to approve the naturalization of the three names. The question was greeted with answers agreeing simultaneously.

Present on the same agenda, the Indonesian Minister of Youth and Sports Dito Ariotedjo in his presentation also explained the reason for the Government to facilitate the naturalization of Kevin Diks, Noa Leatomu, and Estella Loupatty.

According to Dito, the three Dutch players have high quality to defend the Red and White Team.

The same thing was conveyed by PSSI Secretary General Yunus Nusi. Furthermore, he wants naturalization to be completed soon because the three players are dealing with the important agenda of the Indonesian national team.

"For these three players, we convey that specifically Kevin Diks, hopefully the match against Saudi Arabia on November 19, 2024 can strengthen the Indonesian national team."

"For the two Indonesian Women's National Team players, we hope to strengthen the 2024 Women's AFF Cup team on November 21, 2024 in Laos," said Yunus Nusi.

"We initially hoped (Kevin Diks) could fight Japan. Due to administrative problems, the possibility could only be played on November 19, 2024 against Saudi Arabia," he said.

In this case, Kevin Diks is projected to defend the Indonesian national team for the 2026 World Cup Qualification in mid-November 2024 against Japan and Saudi Arabia.

Meanwhile, Noa and Estella are expected to be in Garuda Pertiwi's uniform for the 2024 Women's AFF Cup.