Argentine footballer Paulo Dybala has tested positive for coronavirus for the fourth time in six weeks, according to a report.

The Juventus forward had announced on March 21 that he and his girlfriend Oriana Sabatini had contracted Covid-19.

According to Spanish programme El Chiringuito, Dybala has had four tests since and his most recent test has come back positive as well.

Dybala has scored 13 goals in all competitions this season, including in league leaders Juventus' last game against Inter Milan on March 8.

Dybala would not be the first Serie A player to test positive more than once of r Covid-19. Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Sportiello tested positive, then negative, then positive again.

The forward, 26, had previously talked about his painful experience after he and his girlfriend contracted the coronavirus and how he "struggled to breathe."

He said "Luckily [we are] much better, these days we do not have any symptoms.

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"I had stronger symptoms, I got tired very quickly, when I wanted to train, I was short of breath after five minutes.

"There we noticed that something was not right and through the tests the club did we were told that we were positive.

"From there we had more symptoms, such as cough, tired body and when we slept I felt very cold, but from the club they had told us that we were going to be fine so we had to be calm."

Argentina forward Dybala is one of the three Juventus players to have contracted coronavirus, along with Blaise Matuidi and Daniele Rugani.

French midfielder Matuidi and Italian defender Rugani - the first player in Serie A to test positive for the virus - tested negative for Covid-19 earlier this month, the club said, and were "no longer subject to the home isolation regime".