Light punishment for Norwegian national football player Andreas Schjelderup (21).
Professional from Benfica was given a suspended sentence in Denmark. The reason: the circulation of videos with sexual content that also feature minors.
It’s about a 27-second video he shared with four friends on Snapchat two years ago. At that time he was still under contract with Danish club FC Nordsjaelland.
He has now been sentenced to 14 days in prison, suspended for one year. Public prosecutors in Copenhagen are seeking a 20-day sentence. Schjelderup has admitted his mistake.
When announcing the verdict, the judge spoke of a “yellow card,” according to the Norwegian newspaper “Verdens Gang.” The player apologized on his Instagram account and described his actions as a “stupid mistake”.
Andreas Schjelderup (21) has played eight international matches so far
However, he does not need to fear further sanctions from the Norwegian association. In the most recent World Cup qualifiers against Estonia and Italy, he was at least used against Eastern European teams. In a 4-1 win over Italy However, he only sat on the bench.
Schjelderup moved from Nordsjaelland to Benfica Lisbon in January 2023 for nine million euros, but was initially loaned to Denmark. This season he has moved between the bench and starting Eleven under star coach José Mourinho (62) and was only substituted in the Champions League against Bayer Leverkusen (0-1).
He is also not yet a regular player in the Norwegian national team and has so far made eight appearances. At next summer’s World Cup, the talents could have a legitimate hope of making the squad nominations.
Norway qualified for the World Cup finals for the first time since 1998. At that time, the Northern European team reached the round of 16 against Italy (0-1).
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