In June 2021 the Brazilian Doping Control Authority (ABCD) has reported an anti-doping rule violation against the football player after his sample tested positive for the prohibited substance Dexamethasone.
ABCD also reported an anti-doping rule violation against the doctor of the Athlete's football club for the administration of Dexamethasone.
After notification a provisional suspension was ordered. The Athlete and the doctor filed statements in their defence and the case was referred to the Brazilian Sports Justice Anti-Doping Tribunal (TJD-AD).
The Athlete denied the intentional use of the substance whereas he had mentioned all his supplements on the Doping Control Form and reseached his medication. He assumed that the football club's doctor erroneously had administered this medication.
The doctore admitted the violation and denied that he had acted intentionally. He confirmed that by mistake he had administered this medication and not the intented one.
The Rapporteur accepts that the Athlete's violation was not intentional and that he bears a low degree of negligence. In view of the evidence and circumstances in this case the Rapporteur establishes that the doctor had acted with Significant Fault or Negligence.
Therefore the TJD-AD Panel decides on 4 November 2021 to impose a 6 month period of ineligibility on the Athlete, starting on the date of the provisional suspension, i.e. on 10 June 2021.
Furthermore the Panel decides to impose a 4 year period of ineligibility on the doctor for his negligence regarding the administration of the prohibited substance.
