Rwanda Footballer Dady Birori Hit With Two-Year Suspension

Rwanda international Dady Birori has been banned from football for two
years by the Confederation of African Football for holding two
registrations with different details.

As well as a Rwandan passport, Birori also has a DR Congo passport
under the name of Etekiama Agiti Tady, with different dates of birth
on each.

Birori plays for AS Vita Club using his DR Congo passport and the name Tady.

His suspension is a huge blow for the player and his club, who have a
two-legged Champions League semi-final against CS Sfaxien later this
month.

In August Caf suspended Birori until further notice and disqualified
Rwanda from the 2015 Africa Cup Nations qualifiers for fielding an
ineligible player.

That initial ruling followed a protest made by the Congo Brazzaville
Football Federation after Birori featured in the first leg of the
second round qualifier between the nations last month in Pointe-Noir.

Rwanda had beaten Congo on penalties over two legsto reach the group
phase but it instead the beaten side progressed to Group A of
qualifying for the next year's finals in Morocco.

Congo have since gone on to win their opening two matches - including
a 3-2 victory away to defending champions Nigeria - and are top of the
table.

Although Rwanda had maintained that to their knowledge that the player
had one identity, they lost an appeal against their
disqualification.

Caf ruled that "the Rwandan federation was aware of this double
identity but proceeded to feature the player for the national team
while he held a different identity with the club".