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FIFA banned Siasia from all football activities for life in August 2019 and fined him $50,000 for admitting to match manipulation.
Former Super Eagles coach Samson Siasia has revealed that he has learned his lessons while away from football.
Pulse Sports reported that the World Football governing body, FIFA, banned Siasia from all football activities for life in August 2019 and fined him $50,000 for admitting to match manipulation' for betting purposes.
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FIFA banned Siasia from football following an intensive investigation into attempted match-fixing by Wilson Perumal and the Nigerian coach.
Following Siasia's appeal, the ban was reduced to five years by the Court of Arbitration for Sports in 2021, with the ban set to lapse in August 2024.
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'I have learned my Lessons' - Siasia
The 1994 Africa Cup of Nations winner is eager to return to football.
“I thought I was going to be free by this year (2023), and I was so excited,” Siasia said in a radio interview on Kennis 104.1FM monitored by Punch correspondent.
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“But I had to look through the document that FIFA served me, and I found out that it was going to be next year. By next year, in August 2024, I will be free from the FIFA ban, and hopefully I will be back to football.
The former U-23 gaffer continued, “Irrespective of what happened, I have learned my lessons, but FIFA, who initially gave me a life ban in football, could not prove anything wrong with what they claimed I did. But they had to reduce it to a five-year ban, and it will expire next year. I thank God for that.
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“It has been terrible to be away from football for five years, but I am preparing myself to come back to football, so I have to prepare myself so I can start ‘running’ once I resume by next year," he concluded
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