Athletic Bilbao defender Yeray Alvarez has been banned for 10 months by UEFA after being discovered responsible of taking a banned substance linked to hair loss.
Alvarez was provisionally sanctioned in June after testing constructive for Canrenone following Athletic’s 3-0 defeat at dwelling to Manchester United within the Europa League semi-finals on Could 1.
The 30-year-old stated he “unintentionally took a hair loss prevention drugs containing a banned substance” as a part of therapy to stop alopecia after being identified with testicular most cancers in 2016.
Alvarez can’t play till April
A UEFA assertion this morning learn: “On 1 Could 2025, Athletic Membership participant Yeray Álvarez underwent an in-competition doping management carried out by UEFA following a UEFA Europa League match.
“The evaluation of the participant’s pattern by a WADA-accredited laboratory revealed the presence of Canrenone, which is a substance prohibited in- and out- of competitors beneath the class S5. Diuretics and Masking Brokers of the 2025 WADA Prohibited Record.
“On 2 June 2025, the participant accepted a voluntary provisional suspension having impact from that date.
“Following the opening of disciplinary proceedings in opposition to the participant on 10 June 2025, two UEFA Ethics and Disciplinary Inspectors carried out an investigation and the case was submitted to the UEFA disciplinary our bodies for determination.
“At its assembly on 19 August 2025, the related UEFA disciplinary physique determined to droop the participant for ten (10) months, ranging from the date of the provisional suspension (i.e. 2 June 2025) and ending on 2 April 2026, for committing a non-intentional anti-doping rule violation.
“In accordance with Article 10.14.2 of the UEFA Anti-Doping Rules, the participant might return to coach with a workforce or use the amenities of a membership within the final two months of his interval of ineligibility, i.e. as of two February 2026.”