Álvaro Fidalgo officially registered as Mexican in Liga MX | OneFootball

Today, the Liga MX records for the Apertura 2025 were released, so we now know the Club América squad for this tournament.

But one of the things that caught the most attention was seeing Álvaro Fidalgo with the Mexican flag, indicating that his nationality is Mexican.

Let's remember that for several months now, 'Maguito' took the test to become a naturalized Mexican, which he passed without any problem.

Does this mean he no longer counts as a foreigner?

Unfortunately, no. Let's remember that for several years now, Liga MX changed the foreigner rule with the aim of preventing any naturalized person from being counted as Mexican, as this could lead to a team having up to 15 "foreigners".

That's why they put in place the 'Not Formed in Mexico' rule, so any player who has not been in the basic forces of any Liga MX club, would count as a foreigner for Liga MX.

Exceptions have been made with Mexican players who were trained in Europe and also with those who play for the Mexican National Team.

Álvaro Fidalgo 'will count' as Mexican if he plays for the National Team.

In the event that Álvaro Fidalgo stays in Mexico and is called up in February for the Mexican National Team, from the Apertura 2026 he could be registered as a Mexican player and would not occupy a foreigner slot.

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