GENEVA, Mar. 1 (Xinhua) -- Peru midfielder Joel Sanchez was banned two years for positive doping at the 2014 World Cup Qualifier, the world football governing body FIFA announced on Friday.

Sanchez, 23, is banned from "all matches, whether friendly or official fixtures, at domestic and international level" through to January 21, 2015, the FIFA said.

The tested sample was from a 1-1 draw at Bolivia in La Paz last October, and was tested positive to stimulant methylhexaneamine.

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