FOOTBALL PLAYERS WHO HAVE KILLED BEFORE.
PATRICK KLUIVERT
The Ajax and Barcelona legend crashed his friend’s BMW M3 into Dutch theatre director’s car Martin Putnam resulting in the death of the 56-year-old. He was 19 years old at this time.
Kluivert while explaining this horrible moment said:
“One minute I was the idol of the public, the hero of Dutch football. And the next minute they killing me because of what I had done.” The Dutch attacker, unable to handle the hate left Ajax to join Milan.
MARCUS ALONSO
Chelsea fans favourite was arrested in 2011 for his involvement in a car crash in Spain capital Madrid. Alonso was driving at 122.8kmh in wet condition in a 50kmh road when he collided with a wall, killing one of the fellow passengers in the car, a 19-year-old woman.
Originally facing 4 years in prison, He had his sentence reduced to 21 months before it was later dropped completely he paid 500,000 euros as damages to the victim’s family.
DIEGO BOUNANOTTE
Buonanotte was Lionel Messi’s team-mate in the Argentine squad when they won the gold medal at the 2008 Olympics.
In December 2009, Diego was driving his father’s Peugeot 307 and was on his way back from a night-out when he had an accident that left 3 of his companions in the car dead, leaving Diego as the sole survivor.
After his recovery, there were calls from local prosecutor Carlos Colimedaglia to arrest him on three charges of manslaughter, but the charges were never pursued. But opposition fans shout at him, like “murderer”.
BRUNO FERNANDES DE SOUZA
In 2010, the former Flamengo captain was charged with the assault, torture and murder of his extramarital girlfriend and mother of his youngest child.
In 2013, he was found guilty of ordering her murder, hiding the body and kidnapping his baby son, and was thus sentenced to a 22-year jail term.
De Souza was released in February 2017, pending an appeal. What was even more despicable was the fact that Brazilian Seria B side, Boa Esporte, immediately handed him a professional contract.
Brazil’s supreme court has ordered re-arrest of the professional footballer.