He Buddywhich was five points away from relegation in the regular tournament First Cannounced the renewal on Friday Marcelo Vega, Leandro Guzman, Matias Rodríguez, Franco Centurion And Valentino DiMarcobut also the arrival of Zárate. From the latter, based on the excitement that arose among his partners, he regretted it less than 24 hours later.
We would like to inform you that the President, together with the Board of Directors, has decided not to hire Alexis Zarate.
From leadership to technical secretariat to technical staff, we continue to work to create the best team for the 2026 tournament. pic.twitter.com/nvISHhtXQJ
— Argentino de Quilmes (@ArgdeQuilmesOf) December 13, 2025
“We would like to inform you that the President, together with the Board of Directors, has decided not to hire Alexis Zarate. From the leadership to the technical secretariat to the technical staff, we continue to work to assemble the best squad for the 2026 tournament.”he published on his social networks.
It was not the football conditions of the right side marker that were decisive, but the path: it was about returning to football after five years in prison after a complaint of sexual abuse, which the judiciary confirmed and found guilty. After serving two-thirds of his sentence in November 2024, the 31-year-old footballer requested a conditional discharge. Chamber of Cassation was awarded to him on July 3rd of this year.
The granting of the benefit was based on Zárate’s behavior in the prison service, although conditional release is generally not granted in cases of sexual abuse. While in prison, the footballer also began his career as a lawyer, as he commented in an interview with The Temperley Showa month after regaining freedom.
Until the sentence is completed in 2027, Zárate must complete a masculinity workshop in the municipality of Lomas de Zamora and will be subject to a 500-meter radius restriction to approach the person who was his victim of abuse. Furthermore, he can work as a footballer again, and that is what he is.
The case began with the complaint of a woman who alleged that Zárate was mistreated in the early hours of March 16, 2014, as the judiciary found, while she was sleeping with her partner, the soccer player, in an apartment in Wilde. Martin BenitezColleague at Independiente.
The court case culminated in September 2017 with the imposition of a prison sentence of six and a half years Oral court number 1. After the trial, the woman had denounced the re-victimization she suffered during the trial.
His formal arrest took place in 2020 and until then the footballer enjoyed freedom and paid attention to the legal process. For this reason, he passed through Temperley and FK Liepaja in Latvia, from where he returned to hear the verdict and was immediately taken to Bahía Blanca prison.
Before the trial, Zárate was a promising defender, trained in Independiente’s lower divisions and with a history in Argentina’s youth teams. He played in the Sudamericano Sub 15, which took place in Bolivia in 2009, and then in 2011 was part of the team that took part in the Sudamericano and the World Cup Sub 17, which took place in Ecuador and Mexico.
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