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Colombian footballer (born 1982)

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Yineth Varón
Personal information
Full name Yineth Varón Parra
Date of birth (1982-06-23) 23 June 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Colombia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Generaciones Palmiranas
International career
Colombia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Varón and the second or maternal family name is Parra.

Yineth Varón Parra is a Colombian football goalkeeper currently suspended by FIFA for a two-years period under doping charges. She used to play for CD Generaciones Palmiranas.

Career

Varón was called up for the 2011 World Cup on June 15 after Paula Forero was injured in a training season. On June 28, marking the start of the tournament, she was suspended provisionally by FIFA as she failed an anti-doping test, leaving the Colombia national team one goalkeeper short. The following day the Colombian Football Federation explained Varón was subjected to a hormonal treatment months earlier without informing the federation. FIFA opened disciplinary proceedings after the B sample confirmed the result, and on August 25 a two-year suspension was decreed.

Varón later explained that suffering from chronic fatigue and low hemoglobin she decided to take three 12.5 mg microdoses of nandrolone decanoate between February 25 and March 29 under doctor Raúl Henao as she thought she wouldn't compete in the following months. Dr. Henao was surprised that such treatment could cause the test failure.

References

  1. FIFA Disciplinary Committee decisions for Germany 2011. FIFA.com
  2. Profile in FIFA's 2011 WWC website
  3. Colombia national team's goalkeeper injured. El Tiempo
  4. FIFA suspends a Colombian player for failing an anti-doping test. Marca
  5. Colfútbol explains Yineth Varón's doping affair. Radio Caracol
  6. Two players from Korea DPR provisionally suspended following anti-doping tests. FIFA
  7. National team goalkeeper explains the reason of her anti-doping failure. El País (Cali)

External links

Colombia squads
Colombia squad – 2006 South American Women's Football Championship
Colombia
Colombia squad – 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup
Colombia
Colombia squad – 2014 Copa América Femenina runners-up
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