Mallorca Fan Sentenced to Prison Over Racial Insults Against Vinicius Jr

A Mallorca fan who racially abused Vinicius Jr and Villarreal winger Samuel Chukwueze has been given a year-long sentence in prison and also banned from stadiums for three years.

The supporter was “found guilty of two crimes against moral integrity, aggravated by the fact that he acted with racist motives”, Real Madrid said in a statement.

The abuse of Vinicius happened during Real Madrid’s 1-0 defeat by Mallorca in La Liga at their Son Moix Stadium in February 2023, before the same fan raised insults on  Chukwueze (now AC Milan player), a fortnight later in Villarreal’s 4-2 defeat by the same club.

The football club further stated that the fan’s Imprisonment was suspended after his apology letter sent to the Brazil international and and undergoing equality and anti-discrimination programme.

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It is the third criminal conviction handed down in recent months for racist insults towards Real Madrid players, Aurelien Tchouameni who has also been racially abused by a minor of Mallorca club and Vinicius,

who has been the victim of racial abuse on several occasions in stadiums across the country since his arrival in Spain in 2018.

Beginning of September, Vinicius called for Spain to be stripped of its 2030 World Cup hosting duties unless it makes progress on the issue of racism in sports stadiums.

On Sunday, Real Madrid will visit Atletico Madrid in their home for derby match at the Metropolitano Stadium, where Vinicius has been the victim of racial abuse on several occasions.

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