Brazilian Club Flamengo Voices Support for Winger Bruno Henrique Amid Match-Fixing Investigation

Brazilian soccer club Flamengo issued a statement in support of its winger Bru Henrique on Tuesday amid a match-fixing investigation that brought several federal police nts to club's training ground in Rio de Janeiro.

Local media reported that police are investigating a high number of bets that came in expecting Henrique to be booked during Flamengo’s 2-1 loss against Santos in a Brazilian league match last year. 33-year-old winger received a yellow card near end of game and was later sent off.

Flamengo said in a statement that it will give “total support to our athlete Bru Henrique, who enjoys our trust and, like anyone else, has a presumption of incence.”

“ club did t have access to probe for case is sealed,” it added. “Our athlete will continue to perform his professional activities as usual.”

Before probe, Henrique was expected to play at Cruzeiro in a Brazilian league match on Wednesday.

Brazil’s federal police confirmed that nts visited Flamengo’s training ground, but did t say wher Henrique was a target. A spokesman for player did t comment on case.

winger is considered a club hero and was one of its key players in two of Flamengo's three Copa Libertadores titles.

In May, ar Brazilian player was involved in a match-fixing scandal linked to sports betting.

West Ham and Brazil national team midfielder Lucas Paquetá was charged by English soccer authorities amid allegations he had deliberately received cards during Premier League matches to influence betting markets. Paquetá denies any wrongdoing.

Last year, investigations by prosecutors in state of Goias brought charges of alleged manipulation of sports competitions against 15 players across top two tiers and local leagues. Many of m were suspended from playing sport in Brazil.