The FIFA announced this Thursday the one-year suspension of the Costa Rican midfielder orlando gallowho last September tested positive for the anabolic clostebol, causing him to miss the Qatar World Cup 2022.
“The Disciplinary Commission of the FIFA has disabled the Costa Rican player for a period of twelve months Orlando Moises Galo Calderon after having tested positive for clostebol in an out-of-competition control carried out in September last year during the concentration of the national team for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022″, indicated the FIFA.
He explained that the suspension came into effect on October 19, 2022, the date on which the player was provisionally suspended.
“In accordance with Article 30 of the Anti-Doping Rules of the FIFAthe suspension includes, among others, all kinds of matches at the national and international level, friendly or official,” the statement details.
Clostebol is included in the list of prohibited substances in relation to anabolic androgenic steroids, and its presence in the Costa Rican player constitutes a violation of the anti-doping regulations and the disciplinary code of the FIFAexplained the entity.
orlando gallo23 years old and player of the heredian Costa Rican, he missed the World Cup in Qatar due to suspension and has said on several occasions that he is innocent.
defense of Gallic It was based on the fact that he never ingested the substance, but that it was in a healing cream that he applied to his partner after surgery, the player and his club reported this Thursday, who for the first time referred to what happened.
“The resolution of the Disciplinary Committee of FIFA clear my name by clarifying that there was never an intention on my part to ingest any substance to increase my performance in football,” Galo said in a video posted on his club’s website, the heredian.
The footballer said that he will abide by the sanction and thanked the club for the support it has given him in this situation.
The president of the Herediano, Juan Carlos Retanaread excerpts from the resolution of the FIFA and affirmed that it was proven that the contamination occurred unintentionally when applying the cream to a third party, which made it easier for the sanction not to be more extensive.
“There was no ingestion of a prohibited substance to improve performance, his doping is due to contamination by applying a prohibited substance to a third person and even though the committee would like to have lowered the sentence further because it considered that the offense was minor. , is prohibited due to regulatory situations that prevent him from lowering his one-year sentence,” said retana.
Gallic He will be able to return to his club’s training sessions next August and to official competitions after October 19.
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