Lavezzi reportedly in hospital following stabbing

By Star Sports Desk
20 December 2023, 17:08 PM
UPDATED 20 December 2023, 23:41 PM
The 38-year-old was stabbed by one of his family members over financial dispute, as per police sources cited by El Observador.

Former Argentina international Ezequiel Lavezzi was hospitalized on Tuesday morning following a stabbing, according to Uruguayan media outlet El Observador.

The former Napoli and PSG forward was brought to the Sanatorio Cantegril de Maldonado in Punta del Este, Uruguay, with a clavicle wound.

As per police sources cited by El Observador, the 38-year-old was stabbed by one of his family members over financial dispute.

Lavezzi -- who has three Ligue 1 titles and one Coppa Italia silverware to his name -- won an Olympic gold medal in 2008, and was part of La Albiceleste's 2014 FIFA World Cup squad that made it to the final.