Malta international Kevin Sammut has been banned from football for life after UEFA found him guilty of helping fix a European Championship qualifying match in a betting scam.
His lawyer, Michael Sciriha, tells The Associated Press that UEFA's appeals panel increased Sammut's 10-year ban
to a lifetime expulsion on Friday.
Sammut denies colluding with a Croatian-led match-fixing syndicate in June 2007 to manipulate Malta's 4-0 loss in Norway in a Euro 2008 qualifier.
Sciriha says Sammut must receive UEFA's detailed legal reasons before deciding whether to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The 31-year-old Sammut challenged a 10-year ban imposed by UEFA's disciplinary panel in August. The governing body also appealed to request a lifetime sanction.
UEFA says it will publish a statement about the case later on Monday.