Malaysian naturalized player lost his career

Currently, Alaves Club has removed Garces' name and is not allowing the player to practice.

The Argentine player is one of seven names involved in the case of falsifying original documents to play for the Malaysian national team, one of the most serious scandals in the history of football in this country.

According to documents released by FIFA, the records proving Garces' Malaysian origin are completely false. FAM asserts that Garces' grandfather, Carlos Rogelio Fernandez, was born in Penang, Malaysia. However, documents verified by FIFA from the Civil Registry of Santa Fe Province (Argentina) show that Mr. Fernandez was actually born in the Villa Maria Selva neighborhood of Santa Fe, Argentina.

A copy of the birth certificate clearly states: "Mrs. Sebastiana Justa Fernandez, an Argentine national, residing at Villa Maria Selva, declares that at her home on 22nd Street, she gave birth to a white boy, named Carlos Rogelio Fernandez."

FIFA asserted that this detail not only confirmed that Mr. Fernandez was born in Argentina, but also proved that the Garces family had absolutely no Malaysian roots as FAM had presented. "The date of birth may be correct, but the place of birth is absolutely not," quoted from FIFA's investigation report.

With this discovery, Garces' entire nationality documents were deemed fake, meaning that his playing for the Malaysian national team was against the rules. The player born in 1999 is currently suspended for 12 months and faces the risk of having his contract terminated by Alaves in the next transfer window.

Argentine media called this "the most blatant case of document forgery ever seen in Southeast Asian football", while in Malaysia, public opinion is in turmoil as the honor of the entire football industry is seriously questioned.

Source: https://znews.vn/cau-thu-nhap-tich-malaysia-mat-trang-su-nghiep-post1599666.html