The football world woke up to the unexpected news of Chelsea player Mykhailo Mudryk’s positive doping test. The FA temporarily sanctioned him without playing as signed by ‘Sky Sports’, after identifying the consumption of an illegal substance in a routine urine test.
For their part, both club and player have declared that it is innocent and what they will do related investigations to find out what happened so you can play again as soon as possible. Also, the attacker is exposed to a penalty of four years without playing.
When the Ukrainian scandal came to light, it was a good time to remember most memorable doping cases in the history of the beautiful sport.
1
1991 – 15 months / 1994 – 15 months
Diego Maradona
Diego first tested positive for cocaine after a Serie A match, the last in Italian football, and then for ephedrine during the 1994 World Cup in the United States.
2
2023 – 18 months
Paul Pogba
The world champion was sanctioned in 2023 for 4 years without playing while he was still a Juventus player, when traces of DHEA, a hormone that increases testosterone, were found in him. CAS later reduced the sentence to 18 months.
3
2003 – 8 months
Rio Ferdinand
The England international failed a mandatory doping test in 2003, for which he was banned for 8 months. The defense said it wasn’t because he forgot to go to the appointment.
4
2023 – 24 months
papu gomez
The Argentine tested positive when he was playing for Sevilla and received the penalty when he was in Monza. The world champion in Qatar stated that it was due to the use of cough syrup and that it was unfair, because it could not give him any kind of advantage on the field of play.
5
2021 – 9 months
Andre Onana
The current goalkeeper of Manchester United received a harsh punishment when he was goalkeeper of Ajax for confusing an illegal drug with an aspirin. The medicine was prescribed to his wife and it was a Lasimac tablet.
6
2001 – 5 months
Edgar Davids
The Dutch ‘pitbull’ who revived Frank Rijkaard’s Barça tested positive for nandrolone after a match when he played for Juventus against Udinese.
7
2017 – 6 months
Samir Nasri
In December 2016, when he was playing for Sevilla, he underwent an IV of vitamins at an American clinic in Los Angeles to stay hydrated, not knowing it was an illegal substance.
8
2001 – 2 months
Frank de Boer
The Dutch defender was punished after testing positive for nandrolone, like Edgar Davids, with a year away from the field of play. Although the punishment was reduced by two months.
9
2004 – 7 months / 2010 – 9 months
Mutu
The eccentric and talented Romanian striker tested positive for cocaine in 2004, which led to his dismissal from Chelsea in addition to the punishment. This was not his only positive, as in 2010 he tested positive again, although this time for sibutramine, a banned weight loss substance, when he was a star at Fiorentina.
10
2017 – 6 months
Paolo Guerrero
The best Peruvian player in history almost missed the World Cup in Russia in 2018 for testing positive for a metabolite of cocaine in October 2017. His punishment was initially extended to 14 months, but after many Chances are he didn’t suspend the player intentionally.
Source: La Verdad
I’m Rose Herman and I work as an author for Today Times Live. My expertise lies in writing about sports, a passion of mine that has been with me since childhood. As part of my job, I provide comprehensive coverage on everything from football to tennis to golf.
