2023-06-14 17:51:03
The FIFA forced the players of all the teams to submit to a genital examination in the 2011 World Cup to prove that they were women, as denounced by the former Swedish international Nilla Fischer in his newly published biography.
In “Jag sa inte ens hälften” (I didn’t say the half), Fischer claimed that FIFA ordered the players to undergo such a test after rumors arose that there were men on the Equatorial Guinea squad at Germany 2011. .
“When I heard about the shocking requirement, I fumed. In the middle of a World Cup, the FIFA bigwigs want us to show our genitals. They told us not to shave ‘down there’ for the next few days and then show them.” to the doctor. No one understands it, but we do what we’re told and wonder what’s going on,” Fischer writes.
The exam was carried out by a physiotherapist, while the doctor stood on his back, according to the former player, who describes the experience, which was never repeated, as “unpleasant” and “humiliating”.
“Unpleasant”
“The way in which it was done was excessive. I think that was why none of the players has told it until now. We realized that it would only be talked about. As I write in the book, it was not pleasant at all,” he declared. Fischer to Swedish media.
The then doctor of the Swedish women’s team, Mats Börjesson, confirmed what happened, although he assures that it was done before the World Cup and that there was no malicious intent.
“FIFA does not do these things in bad faith. The sport has tried to do justice to the girls, so that it is not necessary to train you for a lifetime and then you find yourself with something that is an absurd advantage,” Börjesson told the newspaper “Aftonbladet”. ” alluding to the possible inclusion of camouflaged men in women’s teams.
About the regulation
The regulation for the “sexual identity verification for FIFA tournaments” was published on June 8, 2011, weeks before the start of the World Cup and indicates that “In FIFA competitions neither mandatory nor routine verification tests will be carried out It is up to each member association to ensure, before the appointment of its national team, the correct sexual identification of all its players.”
In addition, it stipulates that when verifying sexual identity, a process must be followed. “The team doctor will provide the documents required for a detailed investigation, such as the medical history, the levels of sexual hormones, diagnosis, treatment and updated results,” specifies the document, which at no time mentions the examination to which the soccer players were subjected. Swedish.
Fischer, 38, was capped 194 times with the Swedish team between 2001 and 2022 and participated in four World Cups and three Olympic Games.
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