2026-01-25
Gonzalo Valle, goalkeeper for the Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito and the Ecuadorian national team, was arrested on Friday for driving while exceeding the permitted alcohol limits and, according to national media, he will spend twenty days in a detention center for traffic offenders in Quito, the country’s capital.
In addition, Ecuadorian judge Víctor Romero sentenced Valle to a fine equivalent to three unified basic salaries, the total amount of which is $1,446, and the suspension of his driver’s license for sixty days.
Valle is in the process of recovering from an injury that kept him off the field since last October and only in January did he return to training normally with his team.
Although the Quito League did not officially confirm the news, they did issue a statement explaining that Valle “is facing a personal situation, derived from an event that occurred outside the sporting field.”
They also noted that they would act “in accordance with the internal regulations and the values that govern them”, in addition to providing “the corresponding institutional support, with responsibility and respect, so that Gonzalo’s professional activity is as little affected as possible until this unfortunate situation is resolved.”
For his part, Valle used his social networks to apologize to the club and its fans and said he took “full responsibility for my actions and the consequences they entail.”
He also added that he “deeply regretted having generated a situation that does not represent the personal or professional values with which I have handled myself during my career and in this institution.”
The King of Cups, as they also tell the LDU, is in full preseason, under the technical direction of Brazilian Tiago Nunes.
