Nigeria's Dickson Etuhu in action during the 2010 FIFA World Cup group B match between Argentina and Nigeria at Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa 12 June 2010. Argentina won 1-0. Photo: Achim Scheidemann - Please refer to http://dpaq.de/FIFA-WM2010-TC
Dickson Etuhu who featured for Nigeria at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa has been handed a five-year ban from football in Sweden after being found guilty of match fixing. Etuhu who was first called into the Super Eagles in 2007 played in Nigeria’s three group matches at the 2010 World Cup.
Dickson Etuhu contests the ball with Argentina’s Carlos Tevez at the 2010 World Cup.
The 37 year old has been banned by the Swedish FA alongside a former IFK Rössjöholm player Alban Jusufi for “deliberately trying to persuade an Allsvenskan player to under perform in one of their team’s matches”.
According to The Guardian of UK, the former Nigeria international was found guilty of attempting to fix a match between IFK Gothenburg and AIK in 2017.
Etuhu was fined and ordered to serve a period of probation but avoided a prison sentence, with his lawyers still planning to take his case to Sweden’s supreme court.
The decision to ban Etuhu also details the findings of the court, which was told that Etuhu and Jusufi met the AIK goalkeeper Kyriakos Stamatopoulos on 16 May 2017 at a Stockholm restaurant, where the bribery attempt took place.
Stamatopoulos was offered around £160,000 (SEK2m) to underperform during a match against IFK Gothenburg but the former Canada keeper reported their approach and as a result the match was postponed the next day.
Etuhu moved to IFK Rössjöholm from AIK in August 2017, shortly after the bribery attempt.
