Jimmy Bermúdez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name 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
Place of birth	Puerto Tejada, Colombia
Height
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Atlante
Number	1
Youth career
–2006	Alianza Petrolera
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2006	Atlético Bucaramanga	11	(0)
2007–2009	Atlético Nacional	9	(0)
2010	Envigado	25	(0)
2011	Atlético Huila	10	(0)
2012–	LDU Loja	66	(0)
2014–	→ Atlante (loan)	28	(0)
International career‡
2007	Colombia U-20	6	(0)
2013–2014	Equatorial Guinea	5	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 January 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 January 2015

Jimmy Bermúdez Valencia (born December 16, 1987) is a Colombian-born naturalized Equatoguinean footballer. He plays as a defender for Mexican Club Atlante FC, on loan from Ecuadorian club LDU Loja.

Club career

Born in Puerto Tejada, Cauca, Bermúdez can play as center back.

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

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.

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. According FIFA's rules, footballers should be holders of the second nationality at the time of playing youth international matches with the original country. This rule has already been applied in the similar case of Portuguese-based Brazilian footballer Fernando. Additionally, when Bermúdez made his international debut with Equatorial Guinea, on 8 June 2013, 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». Bermúdez was not punished by any of these two situations yet.

External links

• Jimmy Bermúdez – Ecuadorian Football Federation player profile
• Jimmy Bermúdez at Soccerway