Name Javier Florez Playing position Role Footballer | Number 6 Height 1.78 m Years Team Weight 78 kg | |
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Full name Javier Antonio Florez Valoyes Date of birth (1982-05-18) May 18, 1982 (age 33) Current team Boyaca Chico F.C. (#18 / Midfielder) | ||
Place of birth Barranquilla, Colombia | ||
Javier Antonio Flórez Valoyes (born May 18, 1982) is a Colombian professional footballer who plays for Cúcuta Deportivo.
Criminal case
Flórez was jailed in 2009 for shooting dead a fan after a game. Flórez, a midfielder was playing for Junior Barranquilla against Once Caldas in a two-leg match. The victim, 33-year-old Israel Cantillo, was shot twice, and Flórez fled the scene.
Cantillo was a fan of Flórez's team Junior.
Flórez's lawyers agreed to pay $150 million compensation to the victim's family, and as a consequence Flórez was released from jail in September 2009.
Flórez has cited both self-defence, and being drunk, as the reasons for his crime.
References
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