Deportivo Alaves' Facundo Garces was among seven players banned for a year by FIFA on Friday (Sep 26) after the football governing body found that doctored documentation had been used so that they could play in an Asian Cup qualifier for Malaysia against Vietnam.

FIFA's Disciplinary Committee said the seven players - Garces, Gabriel Arrocha of Unionistas de Salamanca, Rodrigo Holgado of America de Cali and Imanol Machuca of Velez Sarsfield, as well as Joao Figueiredo, Jon Irazabal and Hector Hevel of Johor Darul Ta'zim - were sanctioned with a 12-month suspension from all football-related activities.

FIFA said the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) had submitted eligibility enquiries to global football's governing body and used doctored documentation to be able to field the seven pla

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