SYRIA’S former international football captain Ahmed Al Saleh has been banned from the sport for life after assaulting and spitting on a referee while being sent off during a top-flight domestic league match, the Syrian Football Association has said.
The 33-year-old Al Jaish defender was given a red card for a clumsy foul on an Al Wathba player in a Syrian Pro League clash last month, before lashing out at the official with kicks and being restrained by players from both sides.
Television pictures show the player kicking a pitch-side chair over as he angrily left the game.
After reviewing the referee’s report of the February 3 match, the Syrian FA’s Disciplinary Committee found that “Al Saleh kicked, insulted and directly spat on the referee,” the SFA said in a statement.
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