Following a series of revelations surrounding the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency (CELAD), the latest has involved Alcorcon midfielder Yan Eteki. The Cameroonian tested positive for injected betametasone, but the case never made it to a hearing.
In 2019, Eteki tested positive for the banned substance, which is considered doping by WADA, after a 4-2 win in Segunda over Lugo, Eteki then at Almeria tested positive after the game. The substance was used to bring down the swelling after a twisted ankle, and was administered by then Almeria doctor Jose Ramon Pineda Guillen. The player never opened the notification from CELAD, and thus missed the 10 days of response he had, in which he could have asked for a retroactive authorisation.
