Arsenal's Brazilian player Gabriel has faced a racket thief who tried to steal his Mercedes car worth about $60,000 from his garage.
Two thieves followed Gabriel and his friend to the garage, asking him for the car keys and his cell phone when he was about to get out of the car.
One of the attackers rushed the Brazilian with the racket, but Gabriel hit him in the face and wrestled with him, causing the thief to flee.
The 26-year-old thief was sentenced last month to 5 years in prison, after the police accused him of theft last August, who managed to arrest him after conducting a DNA test from the hat that fell from him during the quarrel.
Arsenal defender Gabriel fought off a robber wielding a baseball bat who attempted to steal his Mercedes from his garage in August.
Abderaham Muse, 26, was jailed last month for five years after police linked him to the robbery.
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The terrifying moments experienced by the player appeared in the video filmed by the surveillance cameras and shown in court.
The Brazilian youngster - who joined Arsenal for $36 million from French club Lille last year - has played 33 games with Arsenal since his move last September, and was chosen in the Brazil squad for the Olympic Games last summer, before he had to retire due to a knee injury, That is, he was out of action during the time he was attacked.
Previously, another Arsenal player, 28-year-old Bosnian Siad Kolasinac, faced two armed men who tried to rob him and his teammate, Mesut Ozil, and took their luxury watches outside Kolasinac's home in Hampstead (outskirts of London) in July 2019.