will join Independiente Rivadavia de Mendoza

The Colombian striker Sebastian Villa returns to Argentine football. The former Boca, who went to Beroe in Bulgaria in the middle of two judicial processes – one for gender violence and the other for sexual abuse – will be the new reinforcement of Independent Rivadavia de Mendoza.

“We held conversations with his representative and with him. We already reached a verbal agreement, I suppose next week it will be formal. In a week he would be in Argentina,” he said. Daniel Vilapresident of the Mendoza club, which plays in the Professional League, in statements to Radio Splendid.

Villa had gone to Bulgarian football after terminating his contract with Boca after one of the convictions for gender violence – against his ex-partner Daniela Cortés – was confirmed. However, noor he would have legal obstacles to return to the country, as clarified by Vila.

“He has a sentence of two years and one month, he is on parole, and he can enter and leave the country. I believe that anyone has the right to a second chance. Anyone can make a mistake and Villa deserves it,” he remarked. the media entrepreneur.

The striker, who played 11 games and scored five goals for Beroe, has another pending trial. He was accused of sexual abuse Tamara Doldán for an episode from June 2021. The two parties, the accused and the complainant, had reached a verbal agreement, but that must be endorsed by Justice.

The 28-year-old Colombian born in Bello, Antioquía, began his career in Sports Tolimaa club with which he debuted in the First Division in 2014. After five years in football in his country, in June 2018 he was hired by Bocawhich bought 70% of the pass for 3,500,000 million dollars.

In five seasons with the blue and gold shirt, Villa played 172 games and scored 29 goals. He was champion of the 2019 Argentine Super Cup, the 2019/20 Super League, the 2020 Diego Maradona Cup, the 2021 Argentine Cup, the 2022 Professional League Cup, the 2022 Professional League and the 2023 Super Cup.

But his good football present for They lived together in the private neighborhood of Saint Thomasand Canning.

Two years later, in May 2022, Villa was accused by Doldán of gender violence and sexual assaultfor an event that occurred in June 2021 in a country house in Canning. Despite having a second complaint, the Colombian continued playing and even the justice system rejected the player’s arrest.

The first case went to oral trial and on June 2, 2023, he was sentenced to two years and one month of suspended prison. Only then did the Boca leadership separate him from the squad, although they did not terminate his contract. From that situation, the player’s decision was to go to his country, after requesting justice, from where he showed himself completing a physical exercise routine. In Boca, apparently, they would not have given him authorization for that trip.

Three weeks after being sentenced, Villa, with a contract until December 2024, contacted Boca to ask for his reinstatement. Six days later, the club rejected that document letter and responded through judicial means. The Xeneizes leaders asked the Colombian soccer player to justify why he left the country since he “was not authorized.” The player returned to the country, went to train, but they had him working in the gym apart from the group, so he considered himself free and did not go to the club again.

So, A court battle began. Villa appeared training at the Unión Deportiva Lanzarote club, a club in Spain’s third division that was directed by Argentine Leonel Gancedo. Boca asked FIFA and the AFA to release a foreigner’s quota, a compensation of 5 million dollars and sports sanctions.

In the judicial back and forth, in November 2023 he was presented in Bulgaria as a new player for Beroe Stara Zagora, in free condition.. “They offered it like this. We did our analysis with our lawyers, we studied all the legal part that he has in the middle and we consider that he terminated his contract with just cause and that he is a free player”said the Argentine businessman Hernán Banatoadministrator of the Bulgarian club.

In February of this year, the international body declared itself incompetent and confirmed that it would not punish the player, and that the club had to resolve the issue in the Argentine labor justice system. Boca had the option of appealing to the Court of Arbitration for Sports (TAS) but in the end they did not do so.

One of Villa’s drawbacks was the continuation of the other complaint, which was headed to another oral trial and if he was convicted, then he would have to go to jail. However, in April of this year, the player’s lawyers reached a financial agreement with Doldán, who withdrew the complaint. It still remains to be approved by the Court.

Beyond the conflict with Boca, The Colombian was able to play in Bulgaria as a free agent and the federation pass to play in Independiente Rivadavia would reach the AFA from Eastern Europe. Furthermore, Vila was in charge of explaining: “As far as I know, the relationship with Boca is over. The player is free, he was playing in Bulgaria and I don’t think Boca has anything to do with it. The issue of federative rights is a finished issue, He was free to go to Bulgaria and with the pass in his possession, he would come to Independiente.”