Jimmy Bermúdez

Jimmy Bermúdez
Personal information
Full name	Jimmy Bermúdez Valencia
Date of birth	16 December 1987 (age 37)
Place of birth	Puerto Tejada, Colombia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Atlante
Number	1
Youth career
–2006	Alianza Petrolera
Senior career*
Years	Team
2006	Atlético Bucaramanga
2007–2009	Atlético Nacional
2010	Envigado
2011	Atlético Huila
2012–	LDU Loja
2014–	→ Atlante (loan)
International career‡
2007	Colombia U20
2013–2014	Equatorial Guinea
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2015; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 January 2015

Template:Spanish name

Jimmy Bermúdez Valencia (born December 16, 1987) is a Colombian-born naturalized Equatoguinean footballer. He plays as a defender for Mexican Club Atlante FC, on loan from Ecuadorian club LDU Loja.

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).^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3] According FIFA's rules, footballers should be holders of the second nationality at the time of playing youth international matches with the original country.^[4] This rule has already been applied in the similar case of Portuguese-based Brazilian footballer Fernando.^[5] Additionally, when Bermúdez made his international debut with Equatorial Guinea, on 8 June 2013,^[6] 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».^[7] Bermúdez was not punished by any of these two situations yet.

References

^ "Un gol en meta propia dio al Sao" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 26 September 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
^ [1] Template:Es icon
^ "[Exclusiva] Bermúdez, sacando petróleo del chontaduro" (in Spanish). Bermúdez assures he's never tried to say that has family, ancestry, history or link with Equatorial Guinea, beyond the affection that now feels by giving him the opportunity. "It's another thing that came fall from God. I never expected anything like this, they contacted me, offered me the citizenship, opened me a door and I decided to enter it. I counseled and I was not doing anything wrong or that someone already had not done. All is legal and with that same tranquility leave it everything in God's hands", said. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
^ "FIFA regulations on the status and transfer of players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
^ "Fernando denied clearance to play for Portugal". Goal.com. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
^ Jimmy Bermúdez – FIFA competition record (archived)
^ "FIFA Statutes" (PDF). FIFA.com. Retrieved 29 December 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

Jimmy Bermúdez – Ecuadorian Football Federation player profile
Jimmy Bermúdez at Soccerway

This biographical article related to Colombian football is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] "Un gol en meta propia dio al Sao" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 26 September 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)

[2] [1] Template:Es icon

[3] "[Exclusiva] Bermúdez, sacando petróleo del chontaduro" (in Spanish). Bermúdez assures he's never tried to say that has family, ancestry, history or link with Equatorial Guinea, beyond the affection that now feels by giving him the opportunity. "It's another thing that came fall from God. I never expected anything like this, they contacted me, offered me the citizenship, opened me a door and I decided to enter it. I counseled and I was not doing anything wrong or that someone already had not done. All is legal and with that same tranquility leave it everything in God's hands", said. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)

[4] "FIFA regulations on the status and transfer of players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Retrieved 3 February 2014.

[5] "Fernando denied clearance to play for Portugal". Goal.com. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

[6] Jimmy Bermúdez – FIFA competition record (archived)

[7] "FIFA Statutes" (PDF). FIFA.com. Retrieved 29 December 2012. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]