Sylvain Gbohouogoalkeeper of the national team Ivory Coasthas been sanctioned with an eighteen-month suspension for doping in the qualifying match for the Qatar 2022 World Cup against Cameroon.
As reported by the FIFA The Disciplinary Committee has imposed said suspension for testing positive for the trimetazidine substance in the analysis carried out for the match, played on November 16 of last year and which concluded with the victory of Cameroon 1-0 with a goal from Karl Toko Ekambi.
Due to the presence of said prohibited substance in its analysis, the Committee determined that the goalkeeper had violated article 6 of the FIFA Anti-Doping Regulations in conjunction with article 17 of the Disciplinary Code.
The suspension period, FIFA specifies, begins on December 23, 2021, the date on which Gbohouo he was provisionally suspended by the chairman of the Disciplinary Commission.