2022 World Cup opening match could change, teams 'disqualified' amid passing scandal
The opening match of the 2022 World Cup could change after Ecuador was caught covering up a player's fake birth certificate.
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Byron Castillo, who made eight qualifiers for Ecuador to represent Qatar...
..Chilean FA complained to FIFA in June...
...about his true birthplace.
...came under scrutiny after the..
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..the player's Colombian birth certificate..
..refuting the claim that Castillo was born in Ecuador.
Spanish media Marca later discovered...
The right-back said...
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...in an interview that he was actually born in 1995, not 1998 as stated on his Ecuadorian birth certificate.
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In a shocking revelation, he also confirmed his real name is Bayron Javier Castillo Segura, further corroborating his Colombian birth certificate.
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Castillo can also be heard explaining his decision to leave Colombia, adding: "I crossed the border because the Tumaco team was playing in San Lorenzo.
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