Russian President Vladimir Putin granted citizenship to German footballer Roman Neustadter, who was born in Ukraine.
The 28-year-old defender was born in Dnepropetrovsk and currently plays in Germany for FC Schalke 04 club. His father used to play football and represented the "Dnipro" team in 1988.
R. Neustadter is included in the Russian national team for this year's European Football Championship, which will start on June 10th.
He has been training with the national team for some time, and the granting of citizenship was just a matter of time.
lrytas.lt
