Al-Ain鈥檚 Caio becomes latest UAE league player to receive fine for 鈥榰nethical haircut鈥�

Al-Ain's midfielder Caio (R) has become the latest player to be fined for sporting an 鈥榰nethical haircut鈥� during a recent game. (AFP)

LONDON: Players in the UAE鈥檚 Arabian Gulf League might start thinking twice about splashing the cash on fancy hairdos after Al Ain鈥檚 Brazilian player Caio was the latest player to be fined for sporting an "unethical haircut" during a recent game.
鈥ㄢ€═he Brazilian midfielder, who joined the UAE side in 2016, was fined AED1,000 ($272) by the UAE FA鈥檚 disciplinary committee for the haircut.
鈥ㄢ€↖t comes just a week after the federation punished Moroccan Murad Batna of Al Wahda with a similar fine for exactly the same offense.
And the duo are not the first players to fall foul of the AGL鈥檚 strict rules on haircuts.
The highest profile case involved Ghana鈥檚 former Sunderland forward Asamoah Gyan who was also found guilty of having 鈥渦nethical hair鈥� under UAE FA guidelines last year.
The 31-year-old Ghanian was one of 46 players found to have breached the rules on inappropriate hairstyles in a league where referees are responsible for deciding whether a player鈥檚 hairstyle is in keeping with the 鈥渃ountry鈥檚 cultural norms.鈥濃€ㄢ€�
Middle East football expert Shuaib Ahmed told Arab News: 鈥淭hese type of cuts with the side of the head shaved are not aligned with the country鈥檚 cultural norms. It came up last season and since then, the league committee have started taking it seriously.鈥�
It happens in other Middle East countries too, such as 萝莉视频. Back in 2012, Waleed Abdullah was told to cut his 鈥渦n-Islamic鈥� hair by the referee before being allowed on the pitch to play for his side Al Shabab.