Brazil soccer chief Ednaldo Rodrigues says the rape convictions of former internationals Dani Alves and Robinho ends “some of the nefarious chapters” within the nation’s sports activities historical past.
Brazil confederation executives and training workers really feel sorry for “the victims of the brutal crimes dedicated by the previous footballers”, Rodrigues stated in an announcement on Friday.
Robinho was jailed on Thursday after a excessive court docket authorised his nine-year sentence from a trial in Italy to be served in Brazil.
Alves is serving a four-and-a-half-year sentence for rape.
“The yellow shirt that Brazilian athletes put on on the pitch is way more than a jersey. Identical to soccer to Brazil is greater than a sport. Those that put on it have to defend the sentiments and values of a complete nation they signify,” Rodrigues stated.
“It’s embarrassing that an athlete feels snug to commit such perversity as if all he achieved via sport will cease him from being punished.”
Hours earlier, Brazil coach Dorival Júnior stated Robinho was “a incredible particular person” in a press convention in London forward of Saturday’s pleasant towards England.
Júnior was recalling when he coached Robinho at Santos, however Brazil ladies’s workforce gamers expressed their disgust at Júnior’s sentiment on social media.
“That is unbelievable, it truly is,” midfielder Ary Borges posted.
This week, the pinnacle of Brazil’s delegation in London, Palmeiras chairperson Leila Pereira, stated the silence of footballers across the instances of Alves and Robinho was “a slap within the face of all ladies”.
Rodrigues additionally stated Brazil’s bid to host the 2027 Girls’s World Cup “represents the most important mission of the present administration to advertise the participation of girls in soccer, struggle sexism and develop the game”.
The 2027 host is predicted to be picked in Might.
Alves performed 126 instances for Brazil from 2006-22.
He has been in jail exterior Barcelona for 14 months.
He was discovered responsible of raping a lady in a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022. He denied wrongdoing through the three-day trial in February.
Spain’s state prosecutors’ workplace in Barcelona requested a court docket on Friday to rethink its determination to grant Alves the chance to depart jail early.
Robinho performed 100 matches for Brazil from 2003-17.
He was taken to Tremembe penitentiary in rural Sao Paulo state on Friday for raping a lady in Italy in a bunch sexual assault in 2013.