Who is the wife of Fernando Madureira, “combing monkeys for 25 years”

Sandra Madureira met her husband Fernando Madureira in the 1990s among FC Porto fans. Although “Macaco,” as he is known, heads the Super Dragons, his wife coordinates the sales of tickets provided to fans.

The couple’s life is marked by luxury, clearly incompatible with the financial situation in which they claim to live, as well as court cases, which in this environment were added to the detention of both “Operação Praetorian”, which is investigating the attacks on the General Assembly of the Porto football club on November 13, as well as threats against the club’s presidential candidate André Villas-Boas.

In June 2021 Court of Guimarães sentenced Fernando Madureira and Sandra Madureira to pay ten thousand euros each for aggravated libel. They posted a video of them throwing the microphone they stole from him. CMTV on the dashboard of a luxury car to the sounds of one of the Super Dragões anthems. Within hours, footage taken on the highway received thousands of views and comments.

In court, the leader of the Blue and White support group said that he is in bankruptcy, despite the fact that he owns seven properties in Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, as well as several luxury cars, such as a Porsche, which was confiscated this year. PSP environment. Sandra Madureira owns two BMW cars in her name, both with 2019 registration.

Suspected economic difficulties did not stop the couple from celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary on the island of Formentera in Spain. In a photo posted in June 2022 with his wife, Fernando Madureira wrote the following caption: “25 combing monkeys.” A few months earlier, the couple celebrated New Year’s with friends at a resort in Cancun, Mexico, sharing photos from the party in style.

The wife of the Super Dragons boss stood up for the fans in difficult times. In May 2022, he attended the funeral of Igor Silva, in whose murder the son of fan number two is the main suspect, to show solidarity with the family. The situation allowed passions between rival factions to subside.

Sandra Madureira was brought to justice again, but this time before the sports justice system, in January 2023. The Porto player was initially banned from stadiums for a year for intimidating a Sporting fan. However, his sentence was reduced to three months, and he served almost the entire term during the holidays.

In the episode, Sandra Madureira forced a fan to hide the Sporting jersey she was wearing in a room filled with Porto fans at the Dragao Stadium. The wife of the leader of the “Super Dragons” protested how the security forces treated the incident.

Sandra Madureira was brought this Wednesday to the headquarters of the PSP after searches of the house during which three of her husband’s expensive cars, a safe with 50 thousand euros, as well as computer equipment and items of clothing were seized.