The year was particularly eventful for Matthew Valbuena, but for his 38th birthday, the footballer can have a smile. Despite the weight of the years, the athlete continues to perform at a high level and after having passed through Olympique de Marseille or Fenerbahce in Turkey, he has been playing since 2019 within Olympiakos Piraeus, in Greece. The summer was complicated for the former player of the France team, who saw the famous affair of the sextape resurface, which caused so much ink to flow. As a reminder, his former teammate with the Blues Karim Benzema was found guilty and sentenced to 1 year in prison suspended and 75,000 € fine by the court of Versailles for his involvement in the blackmail suffered by Mathieu Valbuena. Karim Benzema ended up withdrawing his appeal after six years of proceedings.
A great moral and legal victory for Mathieu Valbuena, who had a much more complicated time in the heart of summer since he had the misfortune to see his campsite in Gironde go up in smoke. “It is a great sadness. I find it very difficult to realize that there is nothing left today. I could never have imagined that it would go so far”he told the Parisian during the fires that ravaged the region. Despite everything, the Frenchman was able to climb the slope and find a smile, as he showed yesterday on his Instagram account. Active on the social network and followed by nearly 490,000 subscribers, he experienced a special day yesterday since it was his birthday.
38 years old and counting! Blessed to be surrounded by my family and friends
For the occasion, he treated himself to a nice evening with his friends, probably in a chic restaurant in Athens, where he has been living for more than three years now, as he showed in a publication posted online. a few hours ago. “38 years old and counting! Blessed to be surrounded by my family and friends. Thank you all for your messages yesterday”, writes Mathieu Valbuena. In the photos we can see him surrounded by several friends of his and despite the distance, his daughter Léa was able to join him for a video call during which she was able to show him all her love.