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But how is that the concern of FIFA? All countries set their own citizenship rules anyway, so it is totally up to the Ecuadorian government as to whether his citizenship is legitimate. In the same way Mo Farah is not having his British citizenship revoked, surely if the Ecuadorian government...

I've not read deeply into the details of this, but what I don't understand is since when has where you are born been the only criteria for playing for the national team? It doesn't seem to be in doubt that, even if he was born in Colombia, he has lived in Ecuador from a very young age and is...