Brazilian player banned in Ukraine for response to racism

By: The Associated Press Posted: 4:21 PM CST Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019 Last Modified: 4:38 PM CST Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019

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KYIV, Ukraine - Brazilian player Taison was banned for one game Thursday for his reaction to racist abuse in a Ukrainian league game.

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KYIV, Ukraine - Brazilian player Taison was banned for one game Thursday for his reaction to racist abuse in a Ukrainian league game.

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KYIV, Ukraine – Brazilian player Taison was banned for one game Thursday for his reaction to racist abuse in a Ukrainian league game.

The Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder showed his middle finger to Dynamo Kyiv fans who had abused him with monkey chants and kicked the ball into the stands during a game Nov. 10. Taison was shown a red card.

The Ukrainian Football Association ordered Taison to serve a one-game ban plus a suspended two-game ban.

Shakhtar's Brazilian player Taison, right, reacts as he leaves the pitch after he was red-carded for his reaction on racial abuse, while Dynamo Kyiv Mykola Shaparenko, center, calmed him down, during Premier League soccer match in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. Shakhtar's Dodo, left, looks on. The Ukrainian Premier League on Monday called for an inquiry after a Brazilian player for Shakhtar Donetsk was sent off for responding to racist abuse with an obscene gesture. (AP Photo/Oleksandr Osipov)

Dynamo has been fined 500,000 hryvnyas ($20,000) and ordered to play one game behind closed doors. Another one-game sanction is suspended.

“Sanctioning a victim of racial abuse is beyond comprehension and it plays into the hands of those who promote this kind of disgraceful behaviour,” world player’s union FIFPro said in a statement.

FIFPro had demanded Taison’s red card be overturned.

Taison has played eight games for the Brazilian national team. He moved to Ukraine in 2010 with Metalist Kharkiv and joined Shakhtar three years later.