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PIOs and OCI card holders: Who are eligible to play for India and what is the law?

Goal tells you all about the PIOs and OCI card holders and how can such players be eligible to play for the Indian national team...

The inclusion of Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card holders in the Indian national football team has been an issue that has been in the news for a very long time in Indian football.

The Blue Tigers' head coach Igor Stimac has been a huge advocate of the same. Head coaches before Stimac like Stephen Constantine had also raised this issue of allowing PIOs and OCI card holding players to represent India but the laws of the land do not permit this right now.