Roberto Siucho Neira, a Shanghai Shenxin player, was born in Lima but has Chinese ancestry.
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Roberto Siucho, a 23-year-old Peruvian soccer player, changed his name and nationality, to be renamed Xiao Taotao and being a Chinese citizen, country where he develops his sports career, newspaper Líbero reported.
The athlete plays since the beginning of last year in the Guangzhou Evergrande, team that participates in the Chinese Super League, the highest category.
He has a grandfather who was born in the Asian country, more precisely in the province of Guangzhou, where the Guangzhou Evergrande club is located. For this reason, the renunciation of his Peruvian passport and subsequent Chinese nationalization was carried out quickly.
Born in Lima, the soccer player had taken his first steps in professional football at the University of the capital, and came to participate in the Peruvian national team sub 17 and sub 20.
As of now, Xiao Taotao may be summoned by the national team of China, since it has citizenship.
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