How did Berterame become naturalized to play for the Mexican National Team?

A text message from a manager motivated Berterame to expedite the procedures and become an eligible element to be part of a call for the Mexican National Team.

MEXICO — A text message, which came from the Mexican National Teamin 2023, was the last push for German Berterame He chose to complete the procedure that would grant him Mexican nationality and, a little more than a year later, it would open the door for him to play with the Mexican representative on the FIFA Date in October.

German Berterame came to Mexico al Atlético de San Luis in 2019. His good performances with the team that belongs to Atlético de Madrid were on the verge of taking him away from Mexico, until an offer of Monterreywho retained him in the Liga MX and then catapulted him to the Mexican National Team.

It was there, in Monterreywhere he met Duilio Davinothen sports president of the Striped. The good results on the court and the time spent in Mexico caused questions about possible naturalization to cross his mind. German Berterame.

Berterame is ready to make his debut with Mexico on the FIFA Date in October. Imago7

Davino left Striped and in 2023 it reached the Mexican Selectionto. In a project in which the Argentine Diego Cocca was in charge and the naturalized ones were not frowned upon. Names such as Julián Quiñones, Unai Bilbao and German Berterameamong others.

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Duilio Davinoalready as sports director of Mexican teams, sent a text message to Berterame to expedite the procedures that would give him Mexican nationality and, at the same time, open up the possibility of playing with the Mexican National Team.

Diego Cocca did not last long in the Tricolor position, due to the defeat in the Nations League against the United States, and only Julián Quiñones managed to join the process of the Mexican National Teamafter acquiring Mexican nationality and requesting his change of federation to FIFA.

Berterame It was never removed from the list. The attacker of Monterrey was still in plans, but the papers arrived until August 2024, after Mexico He played the Copa América in the United States, a tournament that caused Jaime Lozano to leave.

Berterame, known to Vasco Aguirre

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Berterame remained on the radar of the Mexican National Team and of Javier ‘Vasco’ Aguirre. The former Mallorca coach agreed with the attacker in the Rayados de Monterrey for two years, between 2020 and 2022.

There was the possibility of calling him on the first list of those summoned for the ‘Vasco’, but it was not until the October FIFA Date that Aguirre he was encouraged to put the name of German Berterame among those summoned. Berterame has the opportunity against Valencia and the United States to show that he deserves a place in the Mexican National Team and thus continue in the fight for their great goal, the 2026 World Cup.