This Day in History: 2022-11-09

Nr. 340

ERIBERTO CONFESSES TO NAME CHANGE

Brazilian footballer Eriberto confessed in 2007 that he wasn’t himself and was suspended by FIFA for playing under a false name. The Chievo midfielder admitted he had changed his identity to help his career by making teams believe he was younger. The former Palmeiras and Bologna player was really Luciano Siqueira de Oliveira and four years older than the 27 he claimed to be at the time of his revelation. He had previously been listed as Eriberto Silva da Conceicao, born in Rio de Janiero in 1979.