Preston striker Milutin Osmajic has been given an eight-match ban and has been fined £15,000 for biting Blackburn defender Owen Beck.
The incident took place in a Championship match between the two Lancashire clubs on 22 September.
A Football Association (FA) spokesperson said: “The forward admitted that he committed an act of violent conduct around the 87th minute by biting an opponent.”
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