Fábio Coentrão
Defender of Madrid “real” fábio coentrão in the court of the Portuguese city of Braga admitted that in 2012 gave a bribe in the amount of four thousand euros to pass the theoretical exam for the driving license. It is reported by O Jogo.
The player said that he knew the answers only half the questions, but the examiner prompted him with gestures.
Promoted from Lisbon Benfica to real Madrid, the defender did not want to take the exam in Madrid, and because of the tight training schedule frequent trips to Portugal was impossible, therefore, pique decided to accelerate the process and to pay.
The court ordered the athlete to pay three thousand euros to the Fund to combat hunger.
The Portuguese moved to real Madrid in July 2011. The amount of transfer was 30 million euros. Together with the Spanish team defender became the champion of Spain and Champions League winner. On account of his 51 matches in the national team where he scored five goals. Victory for the Portuguese championship of Europe 2016, coentrão didn’t play because of a thigh injury.