Drama as police chase football star off the pitch over child support

There was drama during Equador’s FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifying match when a football star was apparently chased by the police off the pitch over unpaid child maintenance.

Equadorean striker Ennar Valencia appeared to be chased out of the stadium in Quito by police officers after he apparently faked his own injury and was loaded into an ambulance during Ecuador’s match against Chile.

Ecuadorean police who were present throughout the game, had been waiting for the match to end and then question the Everton forward over unpaid child support.

Police officers were seen running after the ambulance after the striker was taken off ‘injured’.

Ongoing dispute

Valencia has been entangled in an ongoing dispute in which he is said to owe the mother of his daughter more than £13,000 in unpaid child support.

According to the Liverpool Echo, police had earlier turned up at Ecuador’s training session earlier this week to speak to the striker, but were unable to detain the player due to the intervention of team-mates.

Valencia celebrates the birth of his second baby girl on Christmas Day. (Photo: Instagram/Dailymail UK)

Valencia has now released a statement, stating how he must ‘honour his family as well as his personal and professional image’ after his ex-wife Synthia Pinargote initiated several legal matters against him.

 “Within the last two years, despite spending a sum estimated to 100,000 US dollars, for pensions of food, which can be verified on the website of the judiciary, she has prevented me strengthening my relationship with my daughter, because her mother prevents me from exercising any contact on my visits when I am in Ecuador,” he stated.