Eligibility Rules, Okay

[NeverFeltBetter]

FIFA upholds the original decision: https://www.fifa.com/legal/media-rel...er-byron-david

...the player was to be considered as holding permanent Ecuadorian nationality in accordance with art. 5 par. 1 of the FIFA Regulations Governing the Application of the Statutes.

I'm assuming they meant Article 15, part one of which reads:

Any person holding the nationality of a country is eligible to play forthe representative teams of the Association of his country. TheExecutive Committee shall decide on the conditions of eligibilityfor any Player who assumes a new nationality and for whom par. 3of this article does not apply, or for any Player who would, in principle, be eligible to play for the teams of more than one Associationdue to his nationality

I suppose the point here is that Castillo is, by Ecuadorian law, considered to have been an Ecuadorian citizen since birth, regardless of what has been said in any recording.

Chile are now going to CAS. Ecuador is due to open the World Cup in 65 days.

[tetsujin1979]

There's been a change in the eligibility rules for British clubs signing foreign players, outlined on the42 here
https://www.the42.ie/ireland-brexit-...93594-Jun2023/