David Silva, a former Spain and Manchester City midfielder, has been found guilty of injuring a woman during a brawl, a Spanish court has ruled. According to court documents seen by The Associated Press on Thursday, the incident occurred on June 19 during the celebration of Carnival in the Canary Islands, where a fight broke out between a group of people and Silva and his companions.
According to the court, Silva forcibly took the woman away, “causing her to fall to the ground and suffer post-traumatic neck pain, contusion to her left elbow, laceration to the second finger of her left hand, lacerations to both knees and lacerations to both legs.” ” that required medical attention. The court fined Silva 1,080 euros for injuring the woman. Two other people were also found guilty of causing bodily harm. One was fined, while the other was fined and sentenced to eight months in prison.
Silva has been playing for Spanish club Real Sociedad since 2020. The 36-year-old midfielder won the World Cup with Spain and was four-time Premier League champion with City.