Thursday, May 12, 2022 - FIFA has opened an investigation into claims made by Chile that Byron Castillo was not eligible to feature in eight of Ecuador's World Cup qualifying fixtures. The Chilean football federation recently asked FIFA to investigate its claim that Castillo is actually Colombian and not entitled to have played in qualifiers for Ecuador. According to the…
Byron Castillo, the player at the centre of a long legal battle over
Ecuador's place at the FIFA World Cup, has been omitted from the
nation's squad over fears it could lead to "unjust sanctions".