Xtra Time Web Desk: Ex star footballer Robinho has been arrested from his own home in Brazil. He was sentenced to nine years in prison for the crime of rape, committed against a woman in Italy in 2013. He was convicted in that rape case.
The Italian government has informed that Robinho will remain in jail in Brazil. He has been under house arrest until now. This time he will be taken to jail. The Brazilian court has also given the same decision. So Robinho will have to go to jail. This decision came after the striker, who has scored 28 goals in 100 matches for Brazil, applied for a retrial.
In 2002, Robinho was crowned as a senior club footballer at Santos. In 2003, he was crowned in Brazil. Until 2017, Robinho played international football. After playing 138 matches for Santos for three years, he joined Real Madrid in 2005. He was with the team until 2008, scoring 25 goals in 101 matches. After that, he also played for clubs like Manchester City and AC Milan. In 2013, he was with the Italian club AC Milan when the rape incident occurred.