Jimmy Bermúdez

Jimmy Bermúdez Valencia (born 16 December 1987) is a footballer who plays as a centre back for Ecuadorian Serie A club CD Olmedo.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bermúdez and the second or maternal family name is Valencia.
Jimmy Bermúdez
Personal information
Full name Jimmy Bermúdez Valencia
Date of birth (1987-12-16) 16 December 1987
Place of birth Puerto Tejada, Colombia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Olmedo
Youth career
–2006 Alianza Petrolera
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 Atlético Bucaramanga 11 (0)
2007–2009 Atlético Nacional 9 (0)
2010 Envigado 25 (0)
2011 Atlético Huila 10 (0)
2012–2016 LDU Loja 66 (0)
2014–2015 → Atlante (loan) 17 (0)
2015–2017 Atlante 35 (0)
2017–2018 Rionegro Águilas 2 (0)
2018 Atlético 13 (0)
2019 Leones Vegetarianos
2020– Olmedo 0 (0)
National team‡
2007 Colombia U20 6 (0)
2013–2014 Equatorial Guinea 4 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 February 2019

Born and raised in Colombia, he was a member of the Colombia national under-20 team and, as a naturalized citizen, of the Equatorial Guinea national team.

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 to 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 never punished by any of these two situations.

References
  1. "Un gol en meta propia dio al Sao". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 26 September 2012.
  2. "Archived copy" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2013-08-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "[Exclusiva] Bermúdez, sacando petróleo del chontaduro" [[Exclusive interview] Bermúdez, taking oil from the peach-palm] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. 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.
  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
  7. "FIFA Statutes" (PDF). FIFA.com. Retrieved 29 December 2012.


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