Not really Copa Libertadores but CONCACAF:
Yesterday Ronnie Brunswijk of Inter Moentgotapoe (Suriname) played a game.
- He is 60
- He is the president of the club
- He is the captain
- The stadium has his name
- He is the vice-president of Suriname
Also he went into the locker room of the opposition team after the game to hand out loads of cash:
Some more info about him:
- He hasn't played in a sanctioned match for about 10 years .
- He has fathered at least 50 children, including his son Damian who started the match at striker.
- After being hospitalized with COVID-19, he donated 3 cars to hospital nurses who had no transportation.
- In June 2012, he was suspended for 1 year because he behaved violently towards the referee and a player in football match
- The disciplinary committee of the Surinamese Football Association suspended him for five years because he threatened some players with a handgun during a match in 2005, but the suspension was retracted due to lack of evidence.
- In 2007, he beat up a member of the Surinamese legislature during an event which was broadcast on live television.
- In 1980, he served as the personal bodyguard of Dési Bouterse and helped overthrew the government in a military coup.
- In 1985, after being discharged, he formed a rebel guerilla military group and commanded the group against Bouterse's forces in a 6-year-long civil war.
- He has remained active in politics since the civil war and was elected Vice President in an uncontested election in 2020.
- He will most likely be unable to play in the return leg in Honduras, as he is a convicted bank robber, drug trafficker, and, most importantly, an internationally wanted fugitive with an active Interpol arrest warrant.