Former Fifa referee Benjamin Silva has come under the scanner with a Goa Football Federation official accusing him of “cheating, impersonating and misrepresenting” facts to prolong his international career.
“Former Fifa referee and present Deputy Chairman of the referees Committee of Goa Football Association, Benjamin Incacio Conceicao Silva has submitted to the GFA and AIFF forged documents (which are actually documents of GFA executive committee member and referees Committee chairman of GFA, Benjamin Silva) to lower his age by nearly five years,” Former GFA Secretary Savio Messias wrote in a complaint to GFA President Shrinivas Dempo.
The complaint was taken up at the executive committee meeting on Friday and an inquiry has now been launched.
Messias has submitted several documents including birth certificates of the duo.
