Former Brazilian national team player Marcelinho Carioca, who went missing on Sunday, reappeared this Monday. The former player, in a video in which he appears with a black eye, spoke about the incident.
“I was at a party and went home with a woman. Then her husband kidnapped me,” he said in a video circulated on social media.
The authorities who were called At 23:30 on Sunday (2:30 on Tuesday in Portugal), according to the Brazilian press, they found the player walking down the street. Police are continuing to investigate the case.
“Marcelo will come here [Divisão Antissequestro da Polícia Civil]. He is OK. I spoke to him on the phone,” said the general delegate of the Civil Police, Osvaldo Nico Goncalves. A department spokesman said they are trying to clarify the story presented in the video. Already three people, two men and a woman, have contacted us. was arrested.
The former Brazil international reportedly went to a music event at Corinthians Stadium and then disappeared.
The 51-year-old Brazilian played for Flamengo before joining Corinthians. After his retirement, he became a sports commentator and entered political life. Until January, he served as Minister of Sports and Recreation in the municipality Itaquaquecetuba.