Former Manchester City and Real Madrid striker Robinho will reportedly serve a nine-year jail sentence for gang rape — imposed on him by an Italian court — in Brazil, judges in Brasilia has ruled.

The 40-year-old was found guilty in Italy in 2017 and according to Globo, Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice (BSCJ), made the ruling on Wednesday, March 20, 2024.

The former Premier League player, whose real name is Robson De Souza, was one of six men who were found guilty of assaulting an Albanian woman in an Italian nightclub in January 2013.

In January 2022, the Supreme Court in Rome dismissed his final appeal against the conviction, according to the report. Robinho claims he is innocent & has been living in Brazil for the past seven years.

It came after nine of the court’s 15 ministers had voted in favour of the decision to incarcerate the footballer in Brazil. Globo also claims that the ex-footballer, who also spent time at AC Milan & Real Madrid, will now be arrested in Santos, where he currently resides.