André Onana, goalkeeper of the Ajax, has been suspended for 12 months without playing by UEFA for violating the anti-doping code when using a drug because he gave a negative result in an out-of-competition check, the club reported this Friday Amsterdam.
“The disciplinary body of the UEFA has imposed a suspension of 12 months André Onana for the discovery of a doping violation, ”announced the Ajax, which has announced that the player himself and the club will appeal the decision of the sanction by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (BAG). The suspension starts next Friday and concerns all football activities, both national and international.
The disciplinary body of the European Football Association UEFA has suspended Andre Onana for 12 months for a doping violation.
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On October 30, the Cameroonian goalkeeper was subjected to a doping test out of competition, which he found furosemide, a diuretic used to treat congestive heart failure and hypertension in your urine.
“On the morning of October 30, Onana was unwell. I wanted to take a pill for that. However, he unwittingly took Lasimac, a drug that his wife had previously prescribed. Onana he made a mistake with the product and accidentally took his wife’s medicine, ”the club reported.
In this sense, the Ajax states that own UEFA he knows that the footballer “had no intention of cheating.” However, UEFA believes that, based on the current anti-doping rules, that an athlete has a duty at all times to ensure that no prohibited substance enters his body“, he pointed.
The CEO of Ajax, the exporter Edwin van der Sar, repeated that of the club they defend “a clean sport”, and expressed grief at the sanction. “This is a terrible setback for André and for the club. André is a great goalkeeper, who has proven his worth at Ajax over the years and is loved by fans. We expected a precautionary suspension or a penalty much shorter than that. these twelve months, because he had no intention of improving his performance, ”he explained.