After a hard battle inside the courts, the Spanish player suffered a new setback in football again.
Soccer usually has many overcoming storiessome with several injustices that surround it and magnify it. No footballer is exempt from suffering some mishap in his health that complicates his development within the field of play or committing some kind of act that finishes harming without knowing it.
This is the case of Yeray Álvarezthe fierce central defender of Athletic Bilbao who after overcoming cancer has to face a new blow by the UEFAwho decided suspend it for an unusual reason. The federation’s lack of touch caused this case to climb at the level of a scandal.
Yeray Alvarez
Exceeded the most difficult battle to return to football
Born in Baracaldo, a municipality in the Basque Country, managed to be signed in 2008 by Bilbao. In 2016 he made his first preseason with the club and debuted in the Europa League against Sassuolo in September of that year. Everything is going well for the ears in football, but at the end of that year the worst news would arrive.
On December 23, 2016, Athletic Bilbao’s medical body announced in a press conference that Álvarez had a tumor in his right testicle. Days later an orchiectomy was performed and by January 2017 he could already approach the stadiums to observe his teammates. A few weeks later, he was discharged and On February 4 he returned to the courtsin a defeat for 3 to 0 against Barcelona at Camp Nou.
In the middle of that year in which he could return to the game fields, but to his misfortune, he was detected an adenopathy, so for three months had to receive chemotherapy. After his second return and due to treatment, Yeray Álvarez He lost his hair and started a treatment to recover it. This would end up complicating your situation in football.
The sanction that moves him away from the courts: how long will he be without playing
On September 8, after a match against Manchester United for the UEFA Europa League, competition where he began his career as a professional, Substances prohibited in anti -doping controls were found. It was Canrenona and the sanction was very hard: 10 months of inactivity with the possibility of extending to two more.
The defender explained his situation, he had not sought to get advantages in the sports. It was a hair treatment authorized by their own doctors and the club. From the Federation there are no intentions to get up and, if this is maintained, you must wait for April 2, 2026 to return to the courts, once again after so many battles outside them.
Source: Ambito
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