Playing position Role Footballer –2006 Alianza Petrolera Height 1.83 m | Years Team Weight 81 kg Name Jimmy Bermudez Date joined 2013 | |
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Full name Jimmy Bermudez Valencia Date of birth (1987-12-16) 16 December 1987 (age 27) Current teams Equatorial Guinea national football team (Defender) Similar People Fabio Renato, Carlos Bejarano, Carlos Akapo, Kily Alvarez | ||
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Jimmy Bermúdez Valencia (born December 16, 1987) is a Colombian-born naturalized Equatoguinean footballer. He plays as a defender for Mexican Club Atlante FC.
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- Club career
- International career
- Controversy about eligibility
- References
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Club career
Born in Puerto Tejada, Cauca, Bermúdez can play as center back.
He played for LDU Loja in two editions of Copa Sudamericana (2012 and 2013).
International career
Baermúdez was a starter for Colombia in the 2007 South American U-20 Championship.
In May 2013, Bermúdez was purchased by the Equatoguinean football team, which then he began to represent, received Equatoguinean citizenship and getting € 3,000 for each match played.
Controversy about eligibility
Bermúdez recognizes that he is not of Equatorial Guinean descent, but considers he can represent the African country as he has not played for Colombia at senior level. According to FIFA's rules, footballers should be holders of the second nationality at the time of playing youth international matches with the original country. This rule has already been applied in the similar case of Portuguese-based Brazilian footballer Fernando. Additionally, when Bermúdez made his international debut with Equatorial Guinea, on 8 June 2013, he had spent his entire club career in Colombia and Ecuador. This aspect violated, thus, the condition D of the relevant current FIFA statute about the eligibility of a player, Article 17: Acquisition of a new nationality, which says: «He has lived continuously for at least five years after reaching the age of 18 on the territory of the relevant Association». Bermúdez was not punished by any of these two situations yet.
