Sexist violence scandal in the Chilean team

Defender Matías Fernández, from the Ecuadorian Independiente del Valle, was called up by the Chilean team for the South American qualifying group matches for the 2026 World Cup against Paraguay and Ecuador, reported for sexist violence.

Fernández, 28, who is with Argentina coach Eduardo Berizzo In the list of 26 players called up announced on Sunday, he was accused of assaulting his ex-partner, with whom he has a five-year-old daughter, during an argument, according to uniformed police of the Second Police Station of Placilla and Peñuelas.

The Carabineros report details that the football player went to the house of his ex-partner, where events classified as minor injuries in the context of gender violence occurred.

The police report

“(…) As a result of an argument with his current partner, he grabbed her tightly by her stomach, pushed her, causing erosive lesions on her stomach, and then assaulted her, leaving the area in an unknown direction,” said of the report published in the local media.

Fernández had to join the concentration on Monday of the Chilean team, in Juan Pinto Durán in Santiago, to prepare for the match against Paraguay that will be held this Thursday the 16th, but the captain of the Carabineros in Placilla, Stephan Stewart, said that the footballer’s whereabouts remain unknown.

In the environment of the Chilean team there is no information, at the moment, about whether the player will not be included in the squad, but some media ensure that it will happen soon.

Another player, in remand prison

This situation occurs in the middle of another accusation against a Chilean soccer player, Jordhy Thompson, from Colo Colo, who last week was charged with the attempted murder of his partner, Camila Sepúlveda, and is currently in preventive detention for 45 days until the investigation is completed and for recidivism due to a previous complaint.