La Liga: Fan detained after racially insulting Kylian Mbappe during Oviedo game
La Liga: Fan detained after racially insulting Kylian Mbappe during Oviedo game
Spanish police has detained a fan accused of racially insulting Kylian Mbappe during a La Liga game last month.
Police said on Wednesday that the fan was taken into custody after being identified during an investigation launched following an official complaint by the Spanish league.
Police said the fan, who was not publicly identified, was accused of making monkey gestures and sounds towards the Real Madrid star.
The insults came late in the first half of Madrid’s 3-0 victory at Oviedo on August 24, after Mbappe scored the first goal.
There have been a series of racist insults from fans against Black players in Spain in recent years.
Last week, an Espanyol fan accused of racially insulting Athletic Bilbao forward Inaki Williams during a La Liga match five years ago accepted a deal to avoid prison time.
In May, five Valladolid fans who racially insulted Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior in 2022 were found guilty in the first ruling in Spain that condemned racist insults in a football stadium as a hate crime.
Last year, three Valencia fans were handed eight-month prison sentences after pleading guilty to racially insulting Vinícius in what was the first conviction for racism-related cases — not based on a hate crime — in professional football in Spain.
Published on Sep 10, 2025
