Worth remembering are the cases of doping suspension at Fluminense

In recent years, Fluminense has suspended some athletes for using banned substances in football. Flamengo striker Gabi was recently suspended for 2 years after violating required drug testing procedures. After coming to light, the topic is discussed and reiterated by various media.

The use of substances or methods aimed at improving athletes’ training and sporting results is prohibited. The drug test was created to strictly monitor the players so that there can be no advantage. Not so long ago, Fluminense had a relationship with defender Manoel, in 2023, and this relationship was not the first. See the Fluminense players disqualified for doping.

MANOEL

Manoel was found to have the substance ostarine in an anti-doping test carried out after the match against River Plate-ARG, on 2 May, at the Maracanã, in the group stage of the 2023 Copa Libertadores.

The sentence for the substance can reach 48 months (four years), but Manoel’s defense managed to demonstrate that the contamination was accidental, and the defender was given the minimum sentence.

RODOLFO

In 2019, the Italian goalkeeper tested positive for benzoylecgonine, the main metabolite of cocaine and prohibited by anti-doping legislation. Initially punished for three years, Rodolfo appealed to Conmebol, who released him to play football after one year, seven months and 20 days of suspension. The substance has an impact on the cardiovascular system, with an increase in heart rate, and also causes an increase in salivary, gastric and pancreatic secretions, as well as intense sweating. In the body of an athlete, this is capable of increasing physical performance.

The three-year suspension was due to Rodolfo’s repeat offense. He had already been caught doping in 2012, when he played for Atletico-PR, for the same substance. Upon his arrival at Fluminense in 2018, Rodolfo acknowledged that he is a drug addict, but has been drug-free since 2014.

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MICHAEL

In 2013, flu attacker Michael was caught in a drug test for cocaine use. The 20-year-old player, trained in the youth categories of the Tricolore, was put to the test and failed in the match against Resende. The news shook the Italian team on the eve of the decisive clash against Emelec in the Copa Libertadores, and the team officials met quickly in Laranjeiras before the start of training.

The athlete received a 16-month suspension, however, if he proved that he had freed himself from drug use through monthly tests as well as attending classes, his sentence would be reduced by half. This is what happened.

DECO

In the same year, midfielder Deco was subjected to an anti-doping test carried out at the end of the match in which Fluminense beat Boavista 2-0, on 30 March, in the Rio Cup. The test was positive for the use of the substance. furosemide, present in vitamins.

Furosemide is the same substance found in the doping cases of swimmer Cesar Cielo and gymnast Daiane do Santos. Also in 2013, Vasco midfielder Carlos Alberto was also caught doping by using the same product.

At the end of the same year, the naturalized Portuguese midfielder retired and said goodbye to football. The following year (2014), his innocence was confirmed by FIFA in Switzerland, where no substance considered doping was detected. Therefore, the CBF and FIFA decided to lift the punishment.