Is Nordine Taleb a Canadian citizen?

[4n4L53x]

As far as I'm aware the dude is not a Canadian citizen, maybe a resident, but you can't represent a country if you're not a citizen.

Born in France, it's a bit of a stretch letting a guy be "Canadian" just because he has trained in Montreal a few years.

 

[Devout Pessimist]

Quebec isn't part of Canada and GSP is considered Canadian.

 

[canuckx]

Born in France, but he's a Canadian citizen now.

 

[Rubberbband]

Quebec isn't part of Canada and GSP is considered Canadian.

Unilingual I presume? (or just un-educated?)

 

[Devout Pessimist]

Unilingual I presume? (or just un-educated?)

I'm from Alberta.

 

[VolkHan]

As far as I'm aware the dude is not a Canadian citizen, maybe a resident, but you can't represent a country if you're not a citizen.

Born in France, it's a bit of a stretch letting a guy be "Canadian" just because he has trained in Montreal a few years.

TUF teams aren't national teams representing a national sport federation ... is a way to just group fighters that train and live in a certain nation, even if they just relocated there.

Btw Taleb moved to Montreal 7 years ago, and you need just 3 years of residency to apply for the canadian citizenship: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/become-eligibility.asp
... and both Canada and France allow dual citizenship

 

[BigFatPapa]

I'm from Alberta.

Being from Alberta doesn't prevent you from being unilingual and/or uneducated

 

[pjmman]

Being from Alberta doesn't prevent you from being unilingual and/or uneducated

its actually a requirement isn't it?

 

[KeeSmyth]

Quebec isn't part of Canada and GSP is considered Canadian.

the hell are you talking about

 

[TSO]

James Wilks won UK vs USA for the UK even though he lives in, trains in, and even was in the US army.

 

[DynamiteMMA]

As far as I'm aware the dude is not a Canadian citizen, maybe a resident, but you can't represent a country if you're not a citizen.

Born in France, it's a bit of a stretch letting a guy be "Canadian" just because he has trained in Montreal a few years.

He's been living here for a while. This isn't the Olympics for crying out loud. According to wikipedia he's a Canadian citizen, so who knows.

Quebec isn't part of Canada and GSP is considered Canadian.

You're a moron. Please refrain from posting about this topic in the future.

 

[EndlessCritic]

let me guess, valentino petroscu wasn't born in the UK either?

 

[Damien Karras]

I'm from Alberta.

that explains it

 

[VolkHan]

let me guess, valentino petroscu wasn't born in the UK either?

nope, he's romanian (born) naturalized brit

 

[4n4L53x]

let me guess, valentino petroscu wasn't born in the UK either?

Valentino had a pretty thick British accent, if he was born in Romania he clearly spent the majority of his life in England and was a citizen.

Taleb was born in France, and only moved to Quebec recently, his accent is nothing like a Quebec accent.
Maybe he is a citizen now, I'm just curious.

Sure it's not the Olympics, but still it is a competition.

 

[Damien Karras]

Valentino had a pretty thick British accent, if he was born in Romania he clearly spent the majority of his life in England and was a citizen.

Taleb was born in France, and only moved to Quebec recently, his accent is nothing like a Quebec accent.
Maybe he is a citizen now, I'm just curious.

Sure it's not the Olympics, but still it is a competition.

lol it's a marketing strategy by the UFC.

And Nordine is a Canadian citizen. Yes, a naturalized Canadian, but a citizen nonetheless. you brought up the Olympics example, how many olympians per year get solicited by USA or other first world countries to represent them? Many get their citizenship requests fast tracked. Canada does this too btw, but so does Australia.

 

[battery]

I'm from Alberta.

that's unfortunate.

 

[battery]

nordine running for PM? :icon_chee

 

[Shogun_]

Quebec isn't part of Canada and GSP is considered Canadian.

Wait....what? Do you live in Earth-2 where Quebec won the vote to secede from Canada? Because if not, you're a moron.

 

[VolkHan]

Valentino had a pretty thick British accent, if he was born in Romania he clearly spent the majority of his life in England and was a citizen.

Taleb was born in France, and only moved to Quebec recently, his accent is nothing like a Quebec accent.
Maybe he is a citizen now, I'm just curious.

Sure it's not the Olympics, but still it is a competition.

just found a couple of source.

One says that Valentino is born in Bucarest: SOURCE 1

Another one says that he's born in Italy from romanian parents lol: SOURCE 2

... about passports mind that Italy doesn't has Ius Soli, it doesn't give you the citizenship just because you're born there but first you get your parents nationalities, and after 10 years you can apply for the italian passport.