By: EFE Updated 04 May 2022, 13: 02 pm EDT
FIFA has opened a disciplinary procedure in relation to the possible breach by Byron Castillo of the call criteria
The international organization “has invited the Ecuadorian Federation and the Peruvian Football Federation to present their positions before the FIFA Disciplinary Committee,” it said in a statement.
FIFA thus responds to a complaint filed by the Federation of Chile before that Disciplinary Commission, in which he presented allegations about the possible falsification of the documents that grant Ecuadorian nationality Byron Castillo.
The Ecuadorian team qualified directly for the World Cup, together with those of Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, unlike those of Chile and Peru.
The Peruvian team, which finished fifth behind the Ecuadorian, will play a playoff.
The defender was fielded by the Ecuadorian coach Gustavo Alfaro for the two games against Paraguay and Chile and on one occasion against Uruguay, Bolivia, Venezuela and Argentina, key matches for the team to achieve one of the direct places for the World Cup.
The Chilean Federation denounced on the 5th that there is “innumerable proofs that the player was born in Colombia”.
“The investigations carried out in Ecuador, including a legal report from the National Directorate of Civil Registry, declared the existence of inconsistencies in the birth certificate presented by the player” , said this body, which accused the Ecuadorian Federation of have “full knowledge” of the irregularities.
A possible sanction from FIFA could involve subtracting points from Ecuador for the matches that Castillo played, which would alter the list of qualifiers.