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===Passport controversy=== Cafu was accused along with several other [[Serie A]] players, including Roma teammate [[Fábio Júnior (footballer, born 1977)|Fábio Júnior]] and [[Gustavo Bartelt]], countryman and later Milan teammate [[Dida (footballer, born 1973)|Dida]], of using a forged passport in their attempt to dodge regulations regarding the number of non-European players allowed on Italian club rosters. However, the charge was cleared by the [[Italian Football Federation]] (FIGC) as Cafu's Italian passport was real and issued by Italian officials, but 13 others – including Dida – were banned.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/players-banned-over-false-passport-scandal-675847.html|title=Players banned over false passport scandal|date=28 June 2001|access-date=9 March 2010|work=The Independent|location=UK|first=Frances|last=Kennedy|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206014855/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/internationals/players-banned-over-false-passport-scandal-675847.html|archive-date=6 February 2010}}</ref> But Cafu faced another controversy that similar to [[Juan Sebastián Verón]], accused that Cafu's wife, Regina used falsified documents to claim Italian nationality through Italian descent.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/gabriele_marcotti/news/2001/02/06/marcotti_insider/|title=CNNSI.com's Marcotti: End foreign-player limits|publisher=CNNSI.com|access-date=29 October 2008|date=6 February 2001|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207151125/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/inside_game/gabriele_marcotti/news/2001/02/06/marcotti_insider/|archive-date=7 February 2009}}</ref> Cafu acquired Italian nationality through marriage. In 2004, Cafu and Roma club president [[Franco Sensi]] went to court.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2004/3/6/sports/7469030&sec=sports|title=Cafu and Sensi could go to court over passport charges|date=6 March 2004|access-date=9 March 2010|agency=Reuters|publisher=(The Star Online)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622000245/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2004%2F3%2F6%2Fsports%2F7469030&sec=sports|archive-date=22 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P1-91800104.html|title=Cafu and Sensi could go to court over passport charges|date=5 March 2004|access-date=9 March 2010|agency=Australian Associated Press|publisher=(encyclopedia.com Archive)}}</ref> On 12 June 2006, less than 24 hours before Brazil were to begin their [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006 World Cup]] campaign against [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]], Rome prosecutor Angelantonio Racanelli called for the imprisonment of Cafu, his wife and his agent for nine months following the resurfacing of a false-passport scandal.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wldcup.com/news/2006Jun/20060612_36716_world_soccer.html|title=Cafu could face prison over false passport affair|publisher=World Cup Soccer|access-date=29 October 2008|date=12 June 2006|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222065534/http://www.wldcup.com/news/2006Jun/20060612_36716_world_soccer.html|archive-date=22 December 2008}}</ref> The very next day, however, Cafu, his wife and agent were acquitted of all charges.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060614/asp/sports/story_6350808.asp|title=Cafu acquitted|publisher=The Telegraph|access-date=29 October 2008|date=14 June 2006|location=Calcutta, India|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223011512/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060614/asp/sports/story_6350808.asp|archive-date=23 December 2008}}</ref>
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