Ilso – who joined the Reds this season and has played for eight different clubs since 2011 – returned a positive A-sample for Benzoylecgonine (metabolite of Cocaine), which is prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Code and FFA’s National Anti-Doping Policy.

He was tested by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority on 27 January 2019.

The provisional suspension is a mandatory step under FFA’s National Anti-Doping Policy. While it is in place, Ilso is banned from the A-League and all other WADA compliant sports.

He now has the opportunity to have his B-sample analysed before FFA takes steps to issue him with an Anti-Doping Rule Violation notice.

FFA confirmed the ban and test result today but refused to make any further comment "...while this process is underway".

Ilso's ban comes just a few days after former A-League star Adrian Caceres was jailed for drug dealing and revealed he had been hooked on ice through his A-League career at Central Coast Mariners, Perth Glory, Melbourne Victory and Wellington Phoenix.

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Ice shame of ex-A-League star

Former A-League star Adrian Caceres has been jailed for 18 months for dealing methylamphetamine in Western Australia...and admitted he's used ice throughout his senior playing career.