Defensa y Justicia: Miritello suspended for doping | OneFootball

Defensa y Justicia footballer Juan Bautista Miritello has been provisionally suspended from professional activity for doping. It is due to an adverse result found in a test conducted during a Copa Sudamericana match this year.

CONMEBOL’s Disciplinary Unit detected an “adverse analytical finding” in Miritello’s sample taken after the match between Defensa and Universidad de Chile on May 14 of this year.

The suspension, as detailed by the Argentine Football Association in Bulletin No. 6766, must be served in accordance with Article 30 of CONMEBOL’s Anti-Doping Regulations. It states: “During the period of ineligibility, including a provisional suspension, a player or other person may not participate, in any capacity, in matches or activities (other than authorized anti-doping education or rehabilitation programs) organized or authorized by CONMEBOL, FIFA, or a Member Association, nor in competitions authorized or organized by a professional league or by an organizer of national or international competitions, or in elite- or national-level sporting activities funded by a governmental entity.”

The doping precedent involving Miritello

The footballer was “found guilty of violating Articles 6 and 7 of CONMEBOL’s Anti-Doping Regulations” in 2023 following a sample taken on July 11 and was suspended for three months.

The aforementioned articles refer to the “presence of a prohibited substance or its metabolites or markers in a player’s sample” and the “use or attempted use of prohibited substances or methods.”

Source: Doble Amarilla

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