Atletico Madrid and England defender Kieran Trippier has been banned for 10 weeks and fined £70,000 for breaching betting rules.
The 30-year-old’s worldwide ban from all football and football-related activity will run until 28 February.
Trippier denied the charges, first made in May, and had a personal hearing in October.
However, the Football Association said that four of seven alleged breaches had been proven with three others dismissed.
An FA spokesperson said: “The alleged breaches of FA rule E8(1)(b) were said to occur during July 2019.
“The independent regulatory commission’s written reasons for its decisions and the associated sanction will be published in due course.”
Trippier’s ban takes force with immediate effect.
The suspension will rule Trippier out of at least 14 matches for Atletico, including the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Chelsea on 23 February.
The offences took place in July 2019 around the time that the former Burnley defender completed his move from Tottenham Hotspur to Atletico for a fee in the region of £20million.
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