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Nicaragua player gets worldwide ban for fixing

Collado, 26, had been banned by the Nicaragua Football Federation (Fenifut) "in relation to the friendly match... between Nicaragua and Guatemala on 4 September 2010", FIFA said in a statement. Guatemala won the game in Florida 5-0.

Fenifut originally banned Collado in January last year. It said only that he had been banned for "acts against sport and honour of the country" but did not specifically mention match-fixing.

The accusation was repeated this July during a programme broadcast by ESPN's Latin American service, which also said Collado had tried to offer money to players of Salvadoran club FAS to manipulate matches in the same competition.

Last month, Guatemalan internationals Guillermo Ramirez, Gustavo Cabrera and Yony Flores were banned for life by their country's federation for trying to persuade team mates to manipulate friendly internationals.