Jimmy Bermúdez

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 (age 37)
Place of birth Puerto Tejada, Colombia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Youth career
2004 Boca Juniors de Cali[1]
200?–2006 Atlético Nacional
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2006 → Alianza Petrolera (loan)
2006 → Atlético Bucaramanga (loan) 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 8 (0)
International career‡
2007 Colombia U20 6 (0)
2013–2014 Equatorial Guinea 4 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 November 2020.[2]
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 February 2019

Jimmy Bermúdez Valencia (born 16 December 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Mainly a centre-back, he also operated as a full-back.

Formed at Boca Juniors de Cali, Bermúdez joined Colombian giants Atlético Nacional and was loaned to Alianza Petrolera in the Categoría Primera B, where he began his professional career. After a second loan, this time to Atlético Bucaramanga in the Categoría Primera A, he was able to play with Atlético Nacional, winning Categoría Primera A. He later played for other Colombian clubs and for sides in Ecuador, Mexico and Equatorial Guinea.

Born and raised in Colombia to Colombian parents, Bermúdez officially played for the Colombia national under-20 team. He later appeared with the Equatorial Guinea national team, after people from the Central African nation liked of some of his football highlights on YouTube and contacted him via his Facebook fanpage.[1]

Club career

He played for LDU Loja in two editions of Copa Sudamericana (2012 and 2013).[3]

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.[4]

International goal

Scores and results list Equatorial Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Bermúdez goal.[5]
List of international goals scored by Bermúdez
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 November 2013 Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea  Spain 1–1 1–2 Friendly match

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.[6] 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.[7] This rule has already been applied in the similar case of Portuguese-based Brazilian footballer Fernando.[8] Additionally, when Bermúdez made his international debut with Equatorial Guinea, on 8 June 2013,[9] 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».[10] Bermúdez was never punished by any of these two situations.

References

  1. ^ a b "Jimmy Bermúdez, el colombiano del gol de 67.000 dólares". 25 November 2013. They found videos of me on YouTube, with important plays from different matches. They liked it and contacted me through my Facebook page. Afterwards, there was telephone contact, where they offered me the opportunity to represent Equatorial Guinea in the World Cup qualifiers and I accepted; There I was fulfilling my desire to belong to a national team
  2. ^ Jimmy Bermúdez at WorldFootball.net
  3. ^ "Un gol en meta propia dio al Sao". El Tiempo (in Spanish). 26 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Bermúdez es convocado a la Selección de Guinea Ecuatorial : Diario Centinela" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 16 January 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Spain 2-1 Equatorial Guinea (16 Nov, 2013) Final Score". espn.co.uk. 16 November 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  6. ^ "[Exclusiva] Bermúdez, sacando petróleo del chontaduro" [[Exclusive interview] Bermúdez, taking oil from the peach-palm] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. 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.
  7. ^ "FIFA regulations on the status and transfer of players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  8. ^ "Fernando denied clearance to play for Portugal". Goal.com. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  9. ^ Jimmy Bermúdez – FIFA competition record (archived)
  10. ^ "FIFA Statutes" (PDF). FIFA.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.


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