Ex-Nigeria Junior International, Orji Okonkwo has been handed a four year worldwide ban.
He had tested positive for the steroid clostebol during a loan spell at Cittadella.
Clostebol, which the player said he used to treat a problematic knee, is on the World Anti-Doping Code prohibited list.
Consequently, he was banned for doping violation from football related activities by FIFA after an initial ban by the Italian National Anti-Doping Tribunal.
A statement by FIFA on the ban on Okonkwo by FIFA said, “Consequently, the Committee decided to extend the sanction imposed on the player by the Italian NADO on 20 June 2022.
"More specifically, the player is sanctioned with a four (4) years suspension from all football-related activities in accordance with the Decision.”
The four-year ban on the player is between 25th February 2022 and 24th February 2026.
Okonkwo who was part of the golden eaglet team of 2015 with the likes of Victor Osimhen and Samuel Chukwueze made a name for himself while in Italy playing for Reggina, Bologna, and other lower league sides