Former Brazil striker Adriano sparked fears amongst followers final month when a video circulated of him swigging beer barefoot on the street whereas wanting unrecognisable.
Adriano retired in 2016 on the age of 34, having gained 14 main honours in his profession together with 4 Serie A titles with Inter. But, regardless of his success, the previous Selecao star failed to succeed in the heights many predicted when he burst onto the scene.
After making his Brazil debut at 18, he was thought of the long-term successor to Ronaldo, however his life was thrown into disarray after the dying of his father, as the previous star heartbreakingly struggled with alcoholism and despair throughout his time in Italy.
Nevertheless, a number of followers disputed the video on social media, claiming Adriano now not has an issue with alcohol and that he was simply having fun with day trip together with his buddies.
But, it’s not the primary time Adriano has hit the headlines for the mistaken motive, one thing that a number of different Brazilian soccer stars have carried out too.
And, in mild of that, Mail Sport has taken a take a look at a few of these examples beneath.
Former Brazil striker Adriano appeared in a social media clip that sparked well being issues
He retired in 2016 after a profession starring for the likes of Inter Milan, Flamengo and Brazil
ADRIANO
Alongside the viral video which circulated on October 31, Adriano was charged with drug trafficking whereas his enjoying profession was nonetheless ongoing.
In 2010, prosecutors alleged Adriano had purchased a bike and given it to a identified drug vendor within the Rio de Janeiro favela the place he grew up.
The bike was used for drug trafficking by a robust felony gang, it was alleged on the time, with Adriano dealing with a prolonged jail sentence if convicted.
However in 2014, choose Maria Tereza Donatti dismissed the case as a result of there wasn’t sufficient proof to uphold the accusations.
Adriano, seen celebrating a objective for Brazil in 2006, was additionally accused of drug trafficking
The previous striker, who performed 48 instances for Brazil, has additionally endured marital troubles in his life, famously splitting together with his spouse after simply 24 days of marriage.
He has equally revealed he grew to become an alcoholic following the dying of his father.
In actual fact, in a 2018 interview he revealed that Inter hid the reality from the media by claiming he was injured, when in reality he was turning as much as coaching drunk.
‘Solely I understand how a lot I suffered. The dying of my father left me with this big void, I felt very lonely. After his dying every thing acquired worse, as a result of I remoted myself,’ he informed Brazilian outlet R7.
‘I used to be alone in Italy, unhappy and depressed, after which I began consuming. I solely felt glad after I was consuming, I might do it each evening. I drank every thing I may get my palms on: wine, whisky, vodka, beer. A number of beer.
‘I did not cease consuming and ultimately I needed to depart Inter.’
ROBINHO
The disgraced former Manchester Metropolis and Actual Madrid ahead, 40, was informed by judges in March that he should serve a nine-year jail sentence in Brazil for his half in a gaggle sexual assault in 2013.
Robinho, who performed for AC Milan on the time, was certainly one of six males discovered responsible in 2017 of gang raping a 22-year-old Albanian girl in a nightclub.
In January 2022, the Supreme Court docket in Rome dismissed his remaining attraction in opposition to the conviction.
Italian authorities had requested to extradite Robinho from Brazil to serve his sentence, and whereas that did not occur, judges in Brasilia dominated he could be imprisoned in Brazil as a substitute.
Robinho, who performed 100 instances for the nationwide crew, has repeatedly insisted he’s harmless and has unsuccessfully appealed the choice on two events.
Robinho is serving a nine-year sentence for his half within the gang rape of a girl in 2013
DANI ALVES
Robino’s responsible verdict got here on the identical day the ex-Brazil defender Dani Alves was launched on a €1million [£850,000] bail after interesting his four-and-a-half yr jail sentence for rape.
Alves, 40, one of the vital embellished footballers of all-time, was discovered responsible in February of raping a girl in a Barcelona nightclub rest room within the early hours of December 31, 2022.
He had been held within the Brians 2 Jail in Barcelona since January 2023 for 15 months however was granted bail whereas he awaits his remaining sentence.
Alves was placed on provisional launch and is required to attend courtroom hearings each week as a part of quite a few circumstances handed out by the courtroom.
Alves has additionally surrendered each his Spanish and Brazilian passports.
Dani Alves was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail after being discovered responsible of rape
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Alves was launched on a €1million [£850,000] bail and has appealed his sentence
Alves’ ex, Joana Sanz revealed she filed for divorce final yr after the accusations emerged
Prosecutors had pushed for Alves to obtain a nine-year sentence, with the participant at all times sustaining his innocence, saying the sexual encounter was consensual.
His spouse, the mannequin Joana Sanz, filed for divorce following his arrest, though it was reported in April that Sanz had put these proceedings on maintain after she shared an image with him on social media.
In eight years enjoying for Barcelona, Alves gained six LaLiga titles and the Champions League thrice. He performed 126 instances for his nation.
RONALDINHO
The person whose free-kick knocked England out of the 2002 World Cup was concerned in a pretend passport scandal after wrapping up his enjoying profession in 2015.
In 2020, Ronaldinho – who loved a glittering profession with Paris Saint-Germain, Barcelona and AC Milan – was arrested alongside his brother Roberto de Assis, after they entered Paraguay on a promotional tour.
The pair had been discovered to have falsified Paraguayan passports and ID, although prosecutors believed Ronaldinho had no thought the paperwork had been pretend.
Brazil legend Ronaldinho was arrested in Paraguay after utilizing pretend documentation
Ronaldinho and his brother used pretend passports and IDs to realize entry to the nation in 2020
Whereas in jail, Ronaldinho performed in a jail futsal event together with his crew successful 11-2 within the remaining with the previous World Cup winner scoring 5 objectives and establishing the opposite six.
After 32 days within the most safety Asuncion jail – the place Ronaldinho spent his fortieth birthday – he was moved right into a $380-a-night luxurious lodge, in any other case empty amid Covid quarantines, underneath home arrest.
Information experiences in South America claimed that regardless of the restrictions, Ronaldinho typically welcomed friends and spent many evenings internet hosting karaoke events.
The brothers had been fined $200,000 as a part of a plea discount and finally returned to Brazil.
EDMUNDO
The ahead nicknamed ‘The Animal’ was actually a controversial character.
In 1999, Edmundo was threatened with prosecution by animal welfare teams after he employed a complete circus to carry out in his again backyard for his son’s first birthday.
On the social gathering, he was pictured feeding beer and whisky to an Adidas tracksuit-wearing chimpanzee known as Pedrinho.
Edmundo shares his beer with chimpanzee Pedrinho throughout his son’s first party
That very same yr, whereas enjoying for Italian membership Fiorentina, Edmundo escaped a four-and-a-half yr jail sentence for driving whereas drunk and inflicting the deaths of three folks when his Jeep Cherokee crashed right into a Fiat in the course of the Rio Carnival.
He was convicted of ‘culpable murder’ however appeals drastically lowered his punishment to a seven-day suspended sentence.
HULK
The previous Brazil striker actually hit the headlines when it was revealed he’d married the niece of his former spouse.
The 37-year-old, who’s enjoying for Atletico Mineiro in his homeland, was beforehand married to Iran Angelo for 12 years. That they had two sons, Ian and Tiago, and a daughter, Alice, collectively.
Hulk left followers surprised when married Camila Angelo, who’s the niece of his former spouse
Hulk’s ex-wife Iran (left) and Iran’s niece (proper), who married the Brazilian footballer in 2020
However Hulk – full title Givanlido Vieira de Sousa – introduced 5 months after their divorce in 2019 that he was marrying Camila Angelo, his ex-wife’s niece.
A spokesman for the participant mentioned on the time: ‘Hulk known as the dad and mom and the brother of Camila and informed them the reality. It was Hulk himself who made the knowledge public as a result of he had nothing to cover.’
The couple had a daughter, Zaya, in April 2022 and in December, they introduced they’ve a boy on the way in which.
