Police catch drunk Actual Madrid star driving thrice the authorized restrict in Canary Islands

One in all Actual Madrid’s first-team regulars has been left and not using a driving license and greater than €14,000 poorer three days after a Gran Canaria courtroom heard his case. Raúl Asencio has been pulled over on the identical island he grew up in, driving his personal Porsche effectively above Spain’s authorized alcohol restrict.

Caught driving greater than thrice over the authorized restrict at daybreak

Police stopped Asencio at a preventive checkpoint simply after 6:30am on Sunday August 16, greater than two weeks earlier than the case turned public at this time, Wednesday September 2. A breath take a look at discovered 0.9 milligrams of alcohol per litre in his system, greater than thrice Spain’s authorized restrict of 0.25 mg/l for drivers.

Officers discovered the 23-year-old centre-back behind the wheel of his personal Porsche Macan GTS. As soon as he was stopped and it was confirmed he wasn’t match to drive, an individual travelling with him took over for the remainder of the journey.

A checkpoint on the GC-1, on the island Asencio calls dwelling

The cease happened on the GC-1 motorway in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, within the south of Gran Canaria. Asencio was born within the island’s capital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, in 2003, making the checkpoint that caught him a bitter addition to an everyday homecoming journey.

Moderately than face a prolonged authorized course of, his case went earlier than a fast-track trial, the system Spanish courts use to resolve simple offences inside days of an arrest. His listening to happened on Wednesday August 19, simply three days after he was stopped.

Eight months banned and a €14,400 effective observe the conviction

The courtroom convicted Asencio of an offence towards highway security and fined him at a fee of €120 a day for 4 months, a complete of €14,400. He has additionally misplaced his driving licence for eight months. Beneath Spain’s drink-driving guidelines, a breath take a look at above 0.6 mg/l routinely makes the offence a legal matter moderately than an easy administrative effective. At 0.9 mg/l, Asencio’s studying left no room for doubt.

From Actual Madrid’s academy to a first-team common

Asencio joined Actual Madrid’s academy at simply 13 and labored his means up via the youth ranks, together with a mortgage spell at RSC Internacional earlier than returning to Actual Madrid Castilla, the place he turned a standout performer. His large break got here throughout the 2024-25 season, when accidents to David Alaba and Éder Militão pushed him into the primary crew. He made his La Liga debut in November 2024 towards Osasuna and has since made greater than 70 appearances for the membership, together with within the UEFA Champions League. His first Spain call-up adopted in March 2025.

The thrill that comes with that worldwide recognition is most certainly beginning to dwindle after the current courtroom conviction, leaving him with an eight-month driving ban and a five-figure effective moderately than a soothing getaway in his hometown.