Date

Name

From

Nat.

Position

Reason

Length

20.12.11

Luis Suarez

Liverpool (Eng)

Uru

St

found guilty of racially abusing.

eight-match ban and £40,000 fine

16.12.11

Samuel Eto'o

Anzhi Makhachkala (Rus)

Cam

St

refused to play a friendly match.

fifteen games

09.08.11

Cristiano Doni

Atalanta (Ita)

Ita

Am

alleged match-fixing scandal.

three and a half years

09.08.11

Giuseppe Signori

Atalanta (Ita)

Ita

Am

alleged match-fixing scandal.

five years

28.07.11

El Hadji Diouf

Blackburn Rovers (Eng)

Sen

St

after remarks he made in the media about corruption in African football.

banned from all football-related activities in Senegal for five years

19.07.11

Rene Schnitzler

FC Wegberg-Beeck (Ger)

Ger

St

match-fixing in 2008.

30 months

02.03.11

Kolo Toure

Manchester City (Eng)

Ivo

Df

had failed a drug test and had been suspended.

six-month ban

28.02.11

Douglas

Twente (Ned)

Bra

Df

he was sent off, then he proceeded to push match referee Ruud Bossen.

six matches

21.02.11

Gennaro Gattuso

AC Milan (Ita)

Ita

Mf

assaulted Spurs Joe Jordan

four UEFA club matches

29.01.11

Simon Mensing

Hamilton Acad (Sco)

Ger

Mf

he was banned for a banned substance methylhexaneamine

one month

28.01.11

Kevin Muscat

Melbourne Victory (Aus)

Aus

Dc

horror tackle on Adrian Zahra

eight games

14.01.11

Patrick Neumann

SC Verl (Ger)

Ger

-

match-fixing in Nov 2009

two years and nine months

22.11.10

Luis Suarez

Ajax (Ned)

Uru

St

for biting PSV's Otman Bakkal

seven games

22.09.10

Efrain Juarez

Celtic (Sco)

Mex

Wg+Dm

involvement in a party

six months international ban

22.09.10

Carlos Vela

Arsenal (Sco)

Mex

St+Wg

involvement in a party

six months international ban

09.09.10

Patrice Evra

Manchester United (Eng)

Fra

Lb

over his conduct at world cup 2010

five-match international ban

17.08.10

Nicolas Anelka

Chelsea (Eng)

Fra

St

over his conduct at world cup 2010.

eighteen-match international ban

21.07.10

Jose Pedrozo

Rangers (Chi)

Chi

Def

trying to choke a referee

27 games

20.05.10

Yu Yung

Happy Valley (Hkg)

Chn

Def

trying to bride an opponent

10 months

18.05.10

Daniel Kiprich

Gyimrot (Hun)

Hun

Def

attempted match-fixing

one year

19.04.10

Adrian Mutu

Fiorentina (Ita)

Rom

St

falling a drug test, for a slimming pill.

9 months

21.03.10

César Ccahuantico

Cienciano (Per)

Per

Mf

steal money, sentenced to seven years in prison.

7 years

07.09.09

Paddy Kenny

Sheffield United (Eng)

Irl

Gk

tested positive for a banned substance, ephedrine.

9 months

10.08.09

Peter Cavanagh

Accrington Stanley (Eng)

Eng

Rb

for betting on a match involving his club

8 months

17.06.09

Didler Drogba

Chelsea (Eng)

Ivo

St

aggressive reaction

six uefa matches

18.05.09

Roman Bedner

West Bromwich (Eng)

Eng

St

for using cocaine

three months

06.09.08

Slobodan Rajkovic

Chelsea (Eng)

Eng

Mf

spitting at an official during the Olympics

12 months

28.08.07

Stan Lazardis

Perth Glory (Aus)

Aus

Mf

tested positive for finasteride

one year

26.07.07

Dodo

Botafogo (Bra)

Bra

St

tested positive for fenproporex

four months

20.07.06

Shaun Newton

West Ham (Eng)

Eng

St

tested positive for cocaine

seven months

11.07.06

Chris Cornes

Wolverhampton Wand (Eng)

Eng

St

tested positive for cocaine

six months

23.11.05

Abel Xavier

Middlesbrough (Eng)

Por

Df

tested positive for dianabol, an anabolic steroid.

18 months

01.09.04

Adrian Mutu

Chelsea (Eng)

Rom

Mf

tested positive for cocaine

seven months

12.01.04

Rio Ferdinand

Manchester Utd (Eng)

Eng

Df

being found guilty of missing a drugs test

eight months

01.09.02

Mark Bosnich

Chelsea (Eng)

Aus

Gk

tested positive for cocaine

nine months

01.05.95

Lee Bowyer

Charlton Ath (Eng)

Eng

Mf

for using cannabis

three months

01.09.91

Diego Maradona

Napoli (Ita)

Arg

Mf

test positive for cocaine

fifthteen months

01.06.78

Willie Johnston

West Bromwich Alb (Eng)

Sco

Wg

test positive for fencamfamine

banned from international football for a year