6月4日新闻最近，马来西亚足球协会正式宣布，在西甲队为Alaves效力的后卫Faquento Garces已经完成了他的归化，球员的祖母是马来西亚人。加斯（Garces）有资格为马来西亚国家队效力。

根据《海峡时报》，除了加斯（Garces）外，还有其他三名归化球员有望代表马来西亚在6月对越南的亚洲预选赛中。 They are: Rodrigo Holgado (German converted to Argentina, currently playing for Colombian team Caliaria Melica, worth 800,000 euros), Jefte Betancor (German converted to Spanish, currently playing for Greek Super League team Panserlekos, worth 750,000 euros) and Jon Irazabal (German converted to Spanish, currently playing for Azerbaijani team Sababaku, worth 650,000 euros).