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Colombia's Edwin Cardona makes an offensive gesture to Korean captain Ki Sung-yueng on Nov. 10. / Captured from MBC |
By Chyung Eun-ju
Colombian soccer player Edwin Cardona received a five-match suspension for a racist gesture toward a Korean opponent during a match on Nov. 10.
"Cardona has received a five-match suspension on the basis of art. 58 par. 1a) of the FIFA Disciplinary Code, with the suspension to be served during the upcoming friendly matches of the Colombian representative team, as well as a stadium ban for those five matches and a fine of 20,000 Swiss francs ($20,314)," FIFA said Tuesday (local time).
Cardona will be able to participate in the World Cup opener against Japan in 2018.
He made the mocking gesture toward Korean captain Ki Sung-yueng after James Rodriguez's foul on Kim Jin-su. The gesture was caught on Korean television and the Korean Football Association asked the Colombian organization to punish Cardona.
He apologized in a video posted through the Colombian national team's Twitter account on Nov. 11, saying "it was not my intention to disrespect someone, a country or a race."
