As a result he lost his Dutch citizenship for military service for a foreign power.
He is known for his 13 year fight for Dutch citizenship.
Children aged under 18 may be added to a parent's application for Dutch citizenship.
In addition, in some cases it is possible to be deprived of Dutch citizenship.
Dutch citizenship may also be revoked in the case of service in a foreign army at war with the Netherlands.
In general, those acquiring citizenship of these countries at independence lost their Dutch citizenship.
After some time, he finally decided to put off his Dutch citizenship in order to play for Indonesia.
A year later he received his Dutch citizenship, and started competing for them soon after.
However recently, he is ready to give up his Dutch citizenship for Indonesia.
This was done to ensure that the princess would have Dutch citizenship.