The Naturalization Polemic Of Djenna De Jong, PSSI Berkelit

Djenna de Jong assessed PSSI as unprofessional (Instagram/@djennadejong).

JAKARTA - Naturalization of Djenna de Jong gave birth to a polemic. The women's soccer player with Indonesian-Dutch blood said PSSI was unprofessional because until now it has not been one of the steps to become an Indonesian citizen (WNI).

PSSI through PSSI Executive Committee Member Arya Sinulingga responded to Djenna de Jong's statement.

According to him, Djenna has not received a recommendation from the coach of the Indonesian Women's National Team (Timnas), Satoru Mochizuki, for citizenship.

"Djenna de Jong, I saw it on social media (the problem). So, I checked, it turned out that this was starting with the problem of players who wanted to be processed (naturalized), their names might not come in."

"After we check, basically we will process it with the coach's recommendation. When there is no recommendation from the coach, yes, we cannot process it."

"That might cause Djenna to be how it is, but we have principles. All the players we process must be recommended by the coach."

"The coach must have certain considerations to process the player," said Arya Sinulingga in a short video on his Instagram account.

Djenna actually really wanted to defend the Indonesian Women's National Team. He is still 19 years old.

In addition, the player who was born on September 14, 2005, has a lot of experience. He started a career with a number of young teams.

VV Baronie became his first place to train. He then moved to VV Dongen.

After playing in the Netherlands, he decided to move to Germany to defend Spvg Aurich U-17. In Germany, his career continued to climb. He defended VfL Wolfsburg II in 2022 for a season.

Most recently, in 2024, he returned to the Netherlands to climb the Breda NAC after a season with RSC Anderlecht in Belgium.