The controversial former soccer player and a striking life in jail, where he meets a sentence for the atrocious crime he committed.
Football transcends what happens on the courts following the behavior of its protagonists. And they are not always cases to highlight for good issues, since there are situations where the values of a sport that always puts union and respect above all are stripped with actions.
This is the case of Robinhowho It seemed to be the next Brazilian crack which everyone would talk about. He never set foot in Europe, but the most striking of his career was the atrocious fact he committed and led him to serve a sentence in jail, in which he has not lost his taste for the ball.
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Robinho trains the “rapist team” while he’s serving his sentence
Born in 1984 in São Vicente, Brazil, Robinho highlighted in Santos at age 18. He went through Real Madrid and Manchester City, but his career declined by not sustaining his initial level. A crime committed in 2013 in Italy marked the end of its professional prestige.
Condemned in 2017 for group sexual violencewas arrested in Brazil last year after exhausting appeals. In the tremendous prison, he trains a team of inmates competing in prison tournaments, in which those who compose it face charges similar to his.
His role as prisoners who sexually abused their victims It generates criticism: some see it as an attempt to redempted and others as a way of staying active, but no matter how use the ball as a pretext, nothing erases the openness it committed and through which a long time will spend after bars.
The former player will continue in jail: Justice rejected the new resource
September 4, Brazilian justice rejected a new resource of Robinhoconfirming his nine -year sentence in Tremembé. Soccer, through prison tournaments, is its main activity.
His assets, estimated at 60 thousand dollars in 2025, is a fraction of his profits in Milan, where he received 5 thousand dollars a month. His contracts with first name brands were completed after the case, leaving their weakened finances.
At 41, he faces a future in prison without immediate benefits. Training the inmates team keeps it linked to sport, but its case reflects how a serious crime can eclipse a football career.
Source: Ambito
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