He also scored 13 goals in 242 matches, making him the most-capped non-European player in the club's history and the eighth most capped foreigner.
The allegation that was made was that the Crusaders selection policy was to only include three non-European players.
The Presidents Cup was started in 1994 to find a way for non-European players to play in a high-profile international team event.
In 2009 he signed a 3-year contract with Baník Ostrava making himself the first non-European player to ever play for the club.
Several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.
A change in the rules in 1995 allowed non-European players to be eligible for the award if they played for a European club.
As this championship is an open competition, any non-European players may participate.
The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.
She made a historical breakthrough for the non-European players in this field.
They also have uncovered a scheme in which players as young as 16 were sent abroad with fake Portuguese passports to evade European quotas on non-European players.