He has been given a four and a half year prison sentence.
One of the most renowned football players in history, the 40-year-old, had denied sexually abusing the woman in the early hours of December 31, 2022.
His attorney had requested that he be found not guilty and threatened to file an appeal of the decision.
The victim’s attorney expressed gratitude for the decision, stating that it “recognises what we have always known: the truth [as told] by the victim and the suffering there has been”.
The court not only sentenced Alves to four and a half years in prison, but also recommended that he serve an additional five years on probation.
Nine years in jail was the requested sentence by the prosecution. In Spain, charges of rape are looked into under the general heading of sexual assault, and those found guilty face terms ranging from four to fifteen years in jail.
The length of Alves’s prison sentence was determined by the court after considering his decision to pay the victim €150,000 (£128,500) in damages, regardless of the trial’s outcome, according to Spanish media.
But the defense team’s claim that he should receive a lighter sentence since he was intoxicated was rejected by the court.
