Daddy Birori (born 12 December 1986), also known as Etekiama Agiti Tady, is a Rwandan international

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who plays for Sagrada Esperança, as a striker.

Career

Birori has played club football for Mukura Victory Sports, ATRACO, Kiyovu Sports and

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. He made his senior international debut for

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in 2009, and has appeared in FIFA World Cup qualifying matches.

Controversy

Birori was involved in the

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representing

. In the

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, he played in two games against

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, the first leg on 18 May ended in a 0-0 draw and on 31 May in the second leg he scored a hat-trick in a 3-0 victory. The

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filed a complaint with

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that the player should not be eligible and that he had participated in the

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as a Congolese man.

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Secretary General Olivier Mulindahabi stated that the player was eligible as he had played within Rwanda for five years and he was a Rwandan passport holder. In the

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games, Rwanda defeated the

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4-3 on penalties after a 2-0 loss on 20 July and a 2-0 win in the second leg on 2 August. Rwanda qualified for the group stage (third round) where they were drawn with Nigeria, South Africa and Sudan. The Congolese Football Association also complained about the eligibility of Birori. On 18 August, CAF announced that they had suspended the player for using two different names and dates of birth. The Rwandan passport Daddy Birori listed the date of birth as 12 December 1986 while the Congolese passport listed the name Etekiama Agil Taddy with a date of birth of 13 December 1990. In addition, Rwanda were disqualified from the

competition for attempting to mislead CAF. In a statement CAF said that the "Rwandan Football Federation (FERWAFA) maintained that to their knowledge the player Dady Birori had one identity" yet that "investigations revealed that he was summoned as Etekiama Agiti Tady by FERWAFA to join the national team of Rwanda." CAF also overturned the result of the Rwanda victory over Republic of the Congo on 2 August, as a result Congo took the place of Rwanda in Group A of the

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, the coach of Rwanda remarked that "I am bitterly disappointed with CAFs icdecision, the same complaint was made by Libya and it was dismissed so what has changed ! ic On 17 September 2014, Birori was suspended by CAF for two years. In 2018–19, he signed in for Kabuscorp Sport Clube of Angola. In 2019-20, he signed in for Sagrada Esperança in the Angolan league, the

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Rwanda's goal tally first.''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Birori, Daddy 1986 births Living people Footballers from Kinshasa Rwandan footballers Rwanda international footballers Association football forwards Rwandan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Rwandan expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club players Kabuscorp S.C.P. players ATRACO F.C. players 21st-century Democratic Republic of the Congo people