Senna suspended for 60 days

Villarreal's Brazilian midfielder Marcos Senna has been suspended for 60 days and fined 10,000 Swiss Francs by UEFA after testing positive for two banned substances, the Primera Liga club said on Thursday.

The banned substances bethamethosone and methylprednisolone, both steroid related, were detected in a drugs test carried out after an Intertoto Cup match against Atletico Madrid on August 24.

Senna was suspended provisionally by UEFA on October 21 and the 60-day

ban will run from that date. He will miss another seven league matches and two UEFA Cup games during the remainder of his ban, which will expire on December 20.

Senna, 28, joined Villarreal from Sao Caetano in Brazil in 2002. He played only 25 games over his first two seasons in Spain but he had been ever-present for Villarreal until his suspension.