{"id":474544,"date":"2025-12-16T11:40:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=474544"},"modified":"2025-12-16T11:40:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:40:42","slug":"real-madrid-boost-okeke-gets-nigerian-passport-frees-roster-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/real-madrid-boost-okeke-gets-nigerian-passport-frees-roster-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Madrid boost: Okeke gets Nigerian passport, frees roster spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1474\" data-end=\"1746\"><strong data-start=\"1474\" data-end=\"1489\">Real Madrid<\/strong> have solved a key <strong data-start=\"1508\" data-end=\"1523\">Liga Endesa<\/strong> issue as <strong data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1548\">Chuma Okeke<\/strong> has obtained his <strong data-start=\"1566\" data-end=\"1587\">Nigerian passport<\/strong>, meaning he no longer counts as a non-EU player. Signed in the summer as an American, Okeke qualified through family ancestry under the <strong data-start=\"1724\" data-end=\"1745\">Cotonou Agreement<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1748\" data-end=\"1994\">Only the formal registration with the ACB is pending for the status change to take effect. No international appearance is required, as Okeke\u2019s nationality is based on <strong data-start=\"1915\" data-end=\"1933\">family descent<\/strong>, allowing immediate application once paperwork is completed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1996\" data-end=\"2301\">That leaves <strong data-start=\"2008\" data-end=\"2022\">Trey Lyles<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"2027\" data-end=\"2043\">Gabriel Deck<\/strong> as the two remaining non-EU players, though Deck is close to acquiring a <strong data-start=\"2117\" data-end=\"2137\">Spanish passport<\/strong>. Should that happen, Madrid would gain full flexibility on the market; for now, Scariolo can select from <strong data-start=\"2243\" data-end=\"2257\">15 players<\/strong>, with <strong data-start=\"2264\" data-end=\"2287\">12 allowed per game<\/strong> domestically.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1158\" data-end=\"1227\"><a href=\"https:\/\/as.com\/baloncesto\/acb\/okeke-ya-tiene-el-pasaporte-f202512-n\/\"><strong data-start=\"1158\" data-end=\"1168\">Fonte:<\/strong> <em data-start=\"1169\" data-end=\"1173\">AS<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chuma Okeke is now considered a community player in Liga Endesa, easing Madrid\u2019s foreign-player limit. 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