Sunday, 24 August 2014

Caf bans Rwanda’s Birori.


The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has suspended Rwandan striker Dady Birori indefinitely for using two different names while playing for the national side Amavubi and Congolese club AS Vita.
Congo Brazzaville lodged a complaint to Caf after their 2-0 victory over Rwanda in Pointe Noir last month in the Africa Cup of Nations second round of qualification.
Birori, who attained this name while featuring for Rwandan club Mukura Victory Club in 2007, was born in Kinshasa on December 12, 1986 and was known as Tady Etekiama Agiti before moving to Rwanda where his current passport PS023413 indicates that he was born on December 13, 1990.
The head of the Rwandan Football Federation (Ferwafa) Vincent Degaule Nzamwita explained that this will not affect Amavubi’s Group A campaign as they try to qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco next year.
“As far as we are concerned, Birori has played for Amavubi under the names Dady Birori and this has no effect on our campaign that starts next month. We cannot really control what happens between him and the club that he plays for,” said Nzamwita.
Birori scored a hat-trick for Rwanda in the return leg against Libya in May to see the Amavubi qualify to take on Congo Brazzaville in the second round of qualification.
Rwanda stunned Congo Brazzaville 2-0 in Kigali to tie the aggregate score 2-2 before dominating a penalty shootout that saw the Amavubi book the last slot in Group A of the last round of qualification for the continental competition.
Rwanda are in Group A with Nigeria, South Africa and Sudan.

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