FIFA FAX +41 43/222 7878 To:
Mr José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales do Mr Bichara A. Neto & Mr Pedro Fida
Date:
20 December 2017
Peru Football Association
Total Pages : (incl. this page)
4
Brazil Football Association CONMEBOL World Ant i-Doping Agency
Re:
Decision 171331 APC PER ZH
Fédération lnternationale de Football Association FIFA, FIFA-Strasse 20, P.O. Box, CH-8044 Zürich, Switzerland Tel: +41 43/222 7777
Dear Sirs, Please find attached the terms of the decision passed in the aforementioned case by the FIFA Appeal Committee on 20 December 2017. Yours faithfully,
acq es Blondin Deputy Secretary to the Appeal Committee
FIFA Terms ofthe
Decision ofthe
FIFA Appeal Committee (composed of: Mr Thomas Bodstrom [SWE], chairman; Mr Oliver Smith [TCA], member; Mr Salman Al Ansari [QAT], member; Ms Larissa Zakharova [RUS], member)
via telephone conference on 20 December 2017
to discuss the case of:
player José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales [PER]
(171331 APC PER ZH)
regarding : The appeal lodged by Mr José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales, against the decision passed by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 7 December 2017 (Decision 171331 PER ZH)
FIFA Decision 1. The appeal lodged by the player José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales against the decision rendered by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 7 December 2017 is part ially upheld. 2. The player José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales is declared inelig ible for a period of six months for violation of art. 6 of the FIFA Anti-Doping Regulations st art ing as from the date of notification of the present decision . The period of provisional suspension already served by Mr Guerrero - since 3 November 2017 - shall be credited against the total period of ineligibilit y to be served. 3. In compliance with the Preliminary Title "l. Definitions and lnt erpret at ion " of the FIFA Anti-Doping Regulations as regards to the notion of " ineligibilit y" as well as art . 29 of the same regulat ions, the player José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales is suspended for a specified period of time from participating in any Competition (which covers ali types of mat ches, including domestic, international, friendly and official) or other activity or from receivingsportrelated financia! support as provided in the FIFA Anti-Doping Regulations. 4. The costs and expenses of these proceedings in the amount of CHF 3,000 are to be borne by the player José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales. This amount is set off against the appeal fee of CHF 3,000 already paid by the player José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales. 5. The player José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales shall bear his own legal and other costs incurred in connection with the present proceedings.
***** Sent to: - Mr José Paolo Guerrero Gonzales do Mr Bichara A. Neto & Mr Pedro Fida - Peru Football Association ; - Brazil Football Association; - CONM EBOL ;
- World Anti-Doping Agency, which is invited to forward this decision to the respective National Anti-Doping Organisations.
FIFA Note relating to the terms of the decision: The judicial bodies may decide not to communicate the grounds of a decision and instead communicate only the terms of the decision . In this sense, please note that the motivated decision will be notified in due course. This does not affect the terms of the decision, which come into force with immediate effect (art . 106 of the FIFA Disciplinary Cod e).
Note relating to the legal action: The motivated decision will be communicated to the parties in full, written form. The time limit to lodge an appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) begins upon receipt of this motivated decision (art. 116 par. 2 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code in combination with art. 80 par. 3 of the FIFA Anti-Doping Regulations).
FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
a ues Blondin Deputy Secretary to the Appeal Committee