Penarol ends controversy over Byron Castillo’s nationality | Soccer | Sports

At Club Atlético Penarol in Uruguay they didn’t complicate things and announced that right back Byron Castillo would be registered as Ecuadorian, despite sanctions from the Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) and the Sports Disciplinary Court (TAS) against the Tricolor.

The Montevideo contingent released an image with a photo of Castillo with a passport, Ecuadorian flag, keychain and tricolor shirt in the background, clarifying that he would be registered as an Ecuadorian in the country of Uruguay.

Byron Castillo has been retained by Uruguay’s Peñarol amid the CAS sanction controversy.

It is also noted that the 28-year-old will wear the number 26 in his uniform for the Carbonera team, with Ecuador’s Alberto Spencer considered a legend for the multiple titles he has given them with his goals at domestic level and in the Copa Libertadores. In the 60s.

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Your legal problem

From July 28, 2015, Castillo became the center of attention when Emelek decided to terminate his contract after an investigation by the club established that he was not born in Ecuador.

Byron Castillo is fit to play in the Pro League and any competition, according to Ecuador’s vice minister of sports.

“Among other problems related to his childhood, he couldn’t remember which school he attended in General Villamil Canton (Playas), which is supposed to be his,” Naseeb Neme, former Electric President, told EL Universo about the answers that full- when He gave back when confronted by the blue leadership.

Among these statements, on January 28, 2021, the judge of the Northern 2 Criminal Judicial Unit located in Guayaquil Habeas data Which Byron David Castillo Segura presented in a letter dated February 25 of that year and addressed to the Civil Registry of Ecuador ordering him to be registered as a citizen of Ecuador.

CAS approved

In November 2022, twelve days before the start of the World Cup in Qatar, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced by statement that “FEF has violated Article 21 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code by using a document containing false information. (Castillo’s passport was indicated by Peruvian and Chilean officials as Colombian)” and that, for this reason, he imposed a penalty (a deduction of three points for the tricolor for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and a fine of about 110,000 Swiss francs to Aquafootball. ).

The apex body imposed its sentence based on an investigation conducted in 2018 by retired national police colonel Jaime Jara as president of the FEF Commission of Inquiry, who concluded in his report that Castillo was Colombian.

They were not wanted in Mexico

In late November 2023, controversy arose in Ecuador when it was revealed that Castillo would be returning to Ecuador. Barcelona Sporting Club after his time at Mexican clubs León and Pachuca, but according to Aztec Magazine’s website, it is not known what nationality he will be registered with. Total Soccer.

The note suggests that “the full-back had serious legal problems with his nationality issue. The reason why the Pachuca Group now wants to keep him in Tuzo and not Club Leon of the MX League. The reality is that we will see him in another shirt for the Clausura 2024 tournament.

According to a release signed by journalist Luis Estan Lozano, Castillo’s next destination was to be Ecuador: “He arrived in Mexican soccer in June 2022 from his country’s Barcelona SC, in exchange for $3.1 million. It is certainly the Guayaquil team that plans to bring him back in the winter market and they already have strengthening their squad as one of their priorities for the start of 2024. (d)