(CNN) -- Two-time African footballer of the year El-Hadji Diouf has been banned from international football for five years by the Senegalese Football Federation (FSF). The ban follows comments the striker, who plays for English club Blackburn Rovers, made in the media relating to corruption in African football. In a statement posted on their official web site the FSF said Diouf would be forbidden "from performing any football-related activity for a period of five years with effect from the date of notification of this decision." The FSF accused Diouf of "having greatly damaged the image of both Senegalese football and of its officers and administrative techniques."
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El-Hadji Diouf has been banned from international soccer for five years by Senegal
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Diouf banned for claiming the football system in Africa is corrupt
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Two-time African footballer of the year also spoke of "shenanigans" in Senegal soccer
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Diouf claimed he didn't receive an invitation to a hearing earlier in the month
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