Eriberto admits passport fraud Friday 23 August, 2002
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Chievo star Eriberto has confessed to an identity fraud regarding his name and age that could see him thrown in prison.
“I was born on December 3 1975,” revealed the winger, “and I took on another man’s passport in order to take part in trials that I otherwise would have been excluded from.”
The player had up until now been registered as a 23-year-old, but it has emerged that he is in fact a good four years older.
FA paperwork has the Chievo man down as Da Conceicao Silva Eriberto, born in Rio de Janeiro on January 1 1979.
To make matters worse, ‘Eriberto’ confirmed that his name is also a fake. “I am actually called Luciano Siqueira De Oliveira. I’ve been using the name Eriberto for the last six years.”
The Brazilian, formerly of Bologna, now risks a prison sentence and ejection from the country as his immigration papers contain false information.
Eriberto chose to make the revelation only after blackmail attempts in Brazil. Already at the centre of legal problems for his failed move to Lazio this summer, FIFA could take disciplinary action against the player and his agents.
It is the latest scandal to hit European football after a wave of fake EU passports were discovered in players as famous as Alvaro Recoba.
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Chievo star Eriberto has confessed to an identity fraud regarding his name and age that could see him thrown in prison.
“I was born on December 3 1975,” revealed the winger, “and I took on another man’s passport in order to take part in trials that I otherwise would have been excluded from.”
The player had up until now been registered as a 23-year-old, but it has emerged that he is in fact a good four years older.
FA paperwork has the Chievo man down as Da Conceicao Silva Eriberto, born in Rio de Janeiro on January 1 1979.
To make matters worse, ‘Eriberto’ confirmed that his name is also a fake. “I am actually called Luciano Siqueira De Oliveira. I’ve been using the name Eriberto for the last six years.”
The Brazilian, formerly of Bologna, now risks a prison sentence and ejection from the country as his immigration papers contain false information.
Eriberto chose to make the revelation only after blackmail attempts in Brazil. Already at the centre of legal problems for his failed move to Lazio this summer, FIFA could take disciplinary action against the player and his agents.
It is the latest scandal to hit European football after a wave of fake EU passports were discovered in players as famous as Alvaro Recoba.
