FIFA exclusive: how Garcés and Machuca's grandparents are listed | OneFootball

FIFA has made public a resolution that shakes the football world and implicates players with pasts in Colón and Unión. In the ruling of its Disciplinary Committee, it certified that the grandparents of Facundo Garcés (Alavés) and Imanol Machuca (Vélez) were not born in Malaysia, as presented by the Malaysian Football Federation (FAM), but in Argentina.

The document also confirms a 12-month suspension for both, who had been called up to represent the Malaysian National Team based on documentation that was later proven to be false.

According to the investigation, on June 20, 2025, the FAM provided birth certificates indicating that Carlos Rogelio Fernández, Garcés' grandfather, was born in Penang on May 29, 1930. With these papers, FIFA had initially given the green light for the player from Santa Fe to play for Malaysia, as he met the regulatory requirements.

However, the subsequent review was conclusive: he was born in Villa María Selva, Santa Fe. FIFA emphasized that Malaysian authorities “never received the original birth certificates,” and concluded that the documents presented “have been falsified, in the sense that they were manipulated to alter the place of birth indicated on them.”

Machuca also falls under FIFA's investigation

FIFA certified that Imanol Machuca's grandmother, Concepción Agueda Alaniz, was born in the city of Roldán, Santa Fe, and not in the city of Penang, Malaysia, as had been claimed. This is devastating for the player, who would also be suspended for a year without playing.

The revelation opens an international scandal that not only affects the Alavés and Vélez players but also the credibility of the Malaysian Federation, which will have to answer for the maneuvers that have placed it at the center of the controversy.

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