An Argentine World Cup winner has been given a two-year ban by FIFA after testing positive for a banned substance.
Veteran midfielder Papu Gomez tested positive for terbutaline from a sample that was taken while he was still playing for Sevilla in October last year.
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The Argentine has now received his punishment from the world football governing body, although he is allowed to appeal the decision.
Statement:
AC Monza announces that it has received today - 20 October 2023 - from FIFA, through the FIGC, notification of the first instance sentence of the Spanish Anti-Doping Commission, issued against the footballer Alejandro Dario Gomez.
The sentence provides for a two-year disqualification from sporting activities.
The presence of Terbutaline was found in the footballer's biological samples.
It is a drug taken to calm a bronchospasm crisis, in October 2022, when the footballer was registered for Sevilla FC.
Positivity is the result of an involuntary assumption.
AC Monza reserves the right to evaluate the next procedural steps.
The World Cup winner has only made two appearances in Serie A for AC Monza this season after joining on a free transfer.
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