Douglas Santos, former Barça footballer, arrested in Brazil for firing a firearm

Douglas Santos, a former footballer who played eight games for FC Barcelona, was arrested on April 21 in Brazil for firing a firearm in a public car park.

As reported by “Globo Esporte”, the arrest occurred after the Brazilian fired a shot into the air around midnight in a parking lot of the Clubes Esportivos Sul marina after taking a boat ride on Lake Paranoá, in Brasilia.

Douglas, after the events, hid the pistol (a Glock registered in his mother's name) in a wooded area, so it has not yet been located.. The soccer player, however, did acknowledge to the police the authorship of the shot and is now facing a complaint filed by the 9th Criminal Justice Prosecutor of Brasilia.

Douglas's career at Barça

Douglas Santos, arrived at FC Barcelona in 2014 from Sao Paulo for 4 million euros. In that season, the Barcelona team achieved a historic treble under the command of Luis Enrique and led by the best version of the 'MSN', but the Brazilian winger was not a piece of great importance.

Douglas played only eight games in the culé entity and was the meat of all kinds of ridicule such as the historic question shouted by a fan who was sports director at that time, Andoni Zubizarreta: Zubi, who is Douglas?

After spending time in Barcelona, the footballer continued his adventure in Spain at Sporting de Gijón, where he played 23 games and scored 3 goals, although in Asturias he will always be remembered for injuring his buttock while sleeping on the team bus..

Finally, Douglas has played for Benfica, Sivaspor and Besiktas, where he finished his career..