Published: 07:17, 9 October 2025 | Updated: 07:17, 9 October 2025

A former A-League captain who was feted as the competition's player of the year has admitted his role in a lucrative yellow card fixing scam.

Ulises Davila, 34, was accused of being the ringleader of the betting scam which saw him and two Macarthur Bulls teammates deliberately earn on-field cautions to satisfy a betting outcome.

The charges related to six football games across the 2023 and 2024 A-League seasons.

The former Macarthur FC captain faced a Sydney court on Thursday and pleaded guilty to facilitating and engaging in conduct that corrupts the betting outcome of an event.

Eight charges - including that Davila directed and participated in a criminal group - were withdrawn by prosecutors in the Downing Centre Local Court.

During a match on December 9, 2023 against Sydney FC, Davila and his teammates Clayton Lewis and Kearyn Baccus were issued yellow cards.

Former Macarthur Bulls captain Ulises Davila has pleaded guilty in a Sydney court to engaging in conduct that corrupts the betting outcome during six...