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Former Brazil defender Réver arrested over unpaid child support
Former defender Réver was arrested by Brazil’s Federal Police at Porto Alegre’s Salgado Filho Airport on Wednesday.
The detention was over unpaid child support for his two children, under an order from a family court in Belo Horizonte.
He paid about R$150,000 and was released later that afternoon after a release order was issued.
Réver is now an assistant coach at Red Bull Bragantino and previously played for Atlético-MG, Grêmio, Internacional and Flamengo.
The court order allowed detention for up to 30 days or until the debt was paid, and payment ended the detention.
The available information gives no further details about any follow-up in the case.
Former Brazil defender Réver was arrested by federal police at Porto Alegre’s Salgado Filho Airport over unpaid child support.
He paid about R$150,000 and was released later that day after a release order was issued.
A 30-day detention order, or detention until the support debt was paid, had been issued by a family court in Belo Horizonte.
Réver has two children and is an assistant coach at Red Bull Bragantino.
- Who
- Réver, a former defender and current assistant coach at Red Bull Bragantino.
- What
- He was arrested over unpaid child support, then paid about R$150,000 and was released.
- When
- Wednesday, November 4, 2026.
- Where
- Salgado Filho Airport in Porto Alegre, Brazil.
- Why
- A family court ordered his detention over unpaid child support.
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Federal police arrested Réver at Salgado Filho Airport in Porto Alegre over unpaid child support.
Réver paid about R$150,000 and was released after a release order was issued.
- Support debt
- About R$150,000
- Arrest location
- Salgado Filho Airport, Porto Alegre
- Court
- 9th Family Court of Belo Horizonte
- Children
- Two
- Current role
- Assistant coach at Red Bull Bragantino