Mexico City / 12.09.2022 13:38:16
What seemed like a closed case has taken a turn that could leave Ecuador out of the World Cup in Qatar 2022since the British medium Daily Mail has evidence of a false birth certificate and apocryphal passports of soccer player Byron Castillofor which a scandal was made with which Chile and Ecuador sought the disqualification of the Tricolor.
the english diary presented the alleged confession of Castillo himself, which -they point out- was covered up by the Ecuadorian Soccer Federation. The surprising revelation in FIFA investigation into the Byron case it comes days before its Appeals Commission rules on the matter on Thursday.
If this is confirmed, there would be sufficient elements to eliminate Ecuador from the World Cup due to improper alignment of a player neither born nor legally fit to represent that nation, remembering that the León footballer in Liga MX participated in eight games in the Conmebol Qualifiers.
Byron Castillo would have confessed not to be Ecuadorian
Sportsmail -which is the sports section of the Daily Mail– publish this Monday a audio recording of an interview that Byron Castillo gave the researchers four years ago, in which he sets out the following points that would pave the way for the possible disqualification of Ecuador.
- He claims he was born in 1995 instead of the 1998 date on his Ecuadorian birth certificate.
- He gives his full name as Bayron Javier Castillo Seguramatching the details of your colombian birth certificateinstead of the name on the Ecuador certificate, Byron David Castillo Segura.
- He describes in detail leaving the Colombian city of Tumaco for San Lorenzo in Ecuador to pursue a career in soccer.
- He names an Ecuadorian businessman who gave him a new identity.
The byron castle case began to make noise in April, when the FIFA received a official complaint from the Chilean Football Federationwhich stated that the player was not eligible to represent the Tricolor because he is a Colombian citizen who entered Ecuador as an illegal immigrantalthough the Federation that governs world soccer dismissed the Chilean complaint in June.
Let’s remember that Ecuador is in Group A of the World Cup and has been scheduled for opening game of the tournament on November 20 against host Qatar, with the Netherlands and Senegal completing that sector.
The Colombian birth certificate of Byron Castillo, with his real name Bayron Javier Castillo Segura, in evidence collected by the Daily Mail.