Positive doping test: Juan Miritello handed one-month ban | OneFootball

The forward of Defensa y Justicia was suspended for one month by Conmebol following an adverse analytical result in the Copa Sudamericana. The sanction will be completed next week.

Conmebol officially announced the sanction for the forward of Defensa y Justicia, Juan Bautista Miritello, after the adverse analytical result detected following the 1-1 draw of Halcón de Florencio Varela against Universidad Católica of Ecuador, in the 2025 Copa Sudamericana. The player was banned for one month, so he will be able to play again in the coming days.

According to the Disciplinary Commission of Conmebol in a resolution published this Thursday, the anti-doping control conducted on May 14 returned a positive result. Miritello was found guilty of violating articles 6 and 7 of the Anti-Doping Regulations and received a one-month sanction, counted from September 30, 2025, the date on which the provisional suspension began.

As a result, the forward will complete the full penalty by the end of next week, and will be eligible to resume training and competing with Mariano Soso's team. The decision also allows the possibility of an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) within the next 21 days, although no further actions are expected from the player's camp.

The case came to light in May when TyC Sports confirmed that the 26-year-old footballer tested positive for a social drug, in a low dose, after the match that the Florencio Varela team drew with the Ecuadorians. Since then, he has been preventively suspended, unable to participate in official matches.

Miritello, born in Luján, is going through an important stage in his career: in the Copa Sudamericana, he played all the matches for Halcón, while in the Torneo Clausura he recorded four goals in ten matches and two assists before the sanction. In total, he has scored 16 goals in 69 matches with Defensa, and had established himself as one of the standout players of the team.

Trained in the youth academy of Defensa, Miritello had stints with Flandria, Real Pilar, Talleres (RE), San Martín de Tucumán, and Asteras Tripolis of Greece before returning to the club. Now, with the sanction almost fully served, the forward aims to return to competition before the end of the month.

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