2023-09-20 01:30:00
Breaking news in Mexican soccer that affects Club Atlas, since a very harsh sanction has been confirmed for soccer player Edyairth Ortega, who emerged from the Rojinegros youth team and who must stop playing professionally from this moment on due to a doping case.
Punishment for Edyairth Ortega: How many years without playing?
FOX Sports has confirmed with people from the Rojinegro club that Edyairth Ortega has been disqualified from playing professional soccer for the next four years, following the resolution of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
Edyairth Ortega doping: What substance did he use?
The president of Atlas, José Riestra, reported since the beginning of the year that the youth athlete was informed of an adverse analytical result due to the presence of a prohibited substance in a control, the effect of which is to increase muscle mass.
Ortega was separated from Atlas since January, just before the start of Clausura 2023, when WADA warned of the irregularity in the anti-doping test. Eight months later, Edyairth’s doping has been confirmed, and at 27 years old he is practically saying goodbye to his career as a player at the highest level.
Who is Edyairth Ortega del Atlas?
Born in Jalisco in January 1997, this Atlas midfielder debuted in the First Division on March 18, 2018 against the extinct Tiburones Rojos del Veracruz and it was in that Clausura tournament that he scored his only two goals in the Maximum Circuit, one to Chivas in the Clásico Tapatío and another against Santos Laguna.
He was never able to establish himself regularly in the Zorros first team, although in the Apertura 2022 he played 8 matches, which was his last active tournament until being removed from the squad at the beginning of January 2023 due to the aforementioned doping issue.
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