Former French national Florent Malouda lost his appeal for his penalty due to his participation in the French Guiana national team in the Golden Cup tournament in the summer of 2017. 37-year-old Malouda is deprived of two-fight racing rights, it became clear after the decision of the Sporting Arbitration Court (CAC) in Lausanne.

Former Chelsea midfielder played in the duel between Guyana and Honduras on July 11, 2017 in Houston, Texas. The meeting ended with an official victory in favor of Honduras with 3: 0. Malouda has had 80 matches and 9 goals with the team of the French national team between 2004 and 2012 and knew he could not play for French Guyana nearly 10 months ago.

The Guyana Football Federation relied on Malouda to help the team in the group games of the Gold Cup tournament. Florent Malouda was born on June 13, 1980 in Cayenne, French Guyana.