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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply.

It was detected in a special examination by physicians during the second part of the team's summer concentration in Costa Ballena, near Rota.

After being investigated in Houston by Dr. Paolo Angelini, Sevilla medical services made public that Maduro's abnormality would not prevent him from playing football professionally, and he could rejoin the squad as normal, in late August.

After the surgery, the club told press that the time without playing would be eight months, figuring that his reappearance could be in May 2013, meaning he would miss the remainder of the season.