Atalanta Argentine defender Jose Luis Palomino has tested positive for an anabolic steroid, Italian anti-doping authorities announced on Tuesday. “The National Anti-Doping Tribunal has provisionally suspended the sportsman José Luis Palomino, dismissed from the Italian Football Federation, for violation of articles 2.1 and 2.2“, they explained in a press release.
«The sample taken from the athlete was declared positive for the presence of the clostebol metabolite“, an anabolic steroid, continues the press release. The 32-year-old defender has been defending the colors of Atalanta since 2017 after spells in France (Metz, 2014-16) and Bulgaria (Ludogorets, 2016-17). He played 45 matches last season (2 goals) with the “Dea», 8th in the last Italian Championship.
