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Adelaide Lang

A-League captain's sly code in betting corruption scam

Ulises Davila suffered the death of his wife in 2022, before his role in the caution scam. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

A former A-League captain went from being toasted as player of the year to secretly coordinating with a shady overseas figure to enact a betting scandal that rocked the sport.

Macarthur Bulls leader Ulises Davila, 34, liaised with a Columbian known as "J Col" to corrupt the betting outcomes of five football games across the 2023 and 2024 seasons. 

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