the time. Although perhaps slim comfort to Lazaridis finasteride was removed from the banned list in large measure as a result of the widespread discontent that followed his unfortunate case becoming public. While noting his previous good character and making clear there was no evidence he had taken performance-enhancing drugs, he was found to have breached the rules and was given a 12-month suspension from football, mostly backdated. In March 2008, Perth Glory manager David Mitchell cut Lazaridis from the club's A-League roster, prompting the player to retire. International career Career statistics Club 1Includes National Soccer League finals, FA Cup, Football League Cup and A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup matches. International Honours Australia FIFA Confederations Cup runners-up: 1997 OFC Nations Cup: 2000 Birmingham City Football League Cup runners-up: 2000–01 Football League First Division play-off winners: 2001–02 References External links Oz Football profile West Ham United statistics Football Database profile 1972 births Living people Soccer players from Perth, Western Australia Australian people of Greek descent Australian soccer players Australian expatriate soccer players Australia international soccer players Olympic soccer players of Australia A-League Men players Premier League players English Football League players Birmingham City F.C. players Perth Glory FC players West Adelaide SC players West Ham United F.C. players Doping cases in association football National Soccer League (Australia) players Australian sportspeople in doping cases Doping cases in Australian soccer Floreat Athena FC players Association football wingers Marquee players (A-League Men) 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2000 OFC Nations Cup players Footballers at the 2000 Summer Olympics 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup players 2004 OFC Nations Cup players 2006 FIFA World Cup players Expatriate footballers in England Australian expatriate sportspeople in England