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Kazakh football representative Ruslan Valiullin had a positive doping finding. Tobolu Kostanaj did not pass the anti-doping control on August 12 after a retaliatory match of the 3rd preliminary round of the European Conference League, in which his team lost a high 0: 5 on the field of MŠK Žilina.
However, the result of the test was not known until September 2. The day before, he started for the national team in the home duel of the D-group of the World Cup 2022 with Ukraine, in which he saved the Kazakh point for a 2: 2 draw with two goals.
The left-hand defender or midfielder subsequently did not play in further qualifying matches against Finland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The European Football Union (UEFA) has initiated disciplinary proceedings against Valiullin. “An internal investigation is currently underway to find out how the banned substance could have gotten into his blood,” Tobol Kostanaj’s management said in a club statement quoted by the AP agency.
Azamat Aytchozhin, Secretary General of the Kazakh Football Federation told RIA Novosti that Valiullin thought that a positive test was the result of vitamin use. Twenty-seven-year-old Valiullin also started on the left side of the center formation of Tobol in the first match of the 3rd preliminary round of the EKL with Žilina, in which his team lost 0: 1.
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