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Former Fulham goalkeeper Sergio Rico is tied up alongside influencer wife in front of their children in terrifying home raid

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Couzens, G., & Penty, S. (2026, October 21). Former Fulham goalkeeper Sergio Rico is tied up alongside influencer wife in front of their children in terrifying home raid. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16226359/Former-Fulham-goalkeeper-Sergio-Rico-tied-alongside-influencer-wife-children-terrifying-home-raid.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-10-21 · by Gerard Couzens, Sabrina Penty

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Former Fulham goalkeeper Sergio Rico and his influencer wife Alba Silva were tied up by masked raiders during a home invasion at their residence while eating dinner with family on Sunday night. The robbers took valuables including cash, jewelry, and designer handbags but the total value of stolen items was not disclosed. Police are investigating the incident without any arrests made yet. Alba expressed her trauma in an Instagram post to her 255,000 followers, emphasizing that their family is safe despite the ordeal.
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Former Fulham goalkeeper Sergio Rico and his wife Alba Silva, an influencer with over 255,000 Instagram followers, were violently robbed in their home near Seville on Sunday night. Masked intruders tied up the couple in front of their children while holding Sergio's mother-in-law at gunpoint. The raiders took valuables including cash, jewelry, and designer handbags but the total value has not been disclosed. No arrests have been made as police continue to investigate. In a post to her followers, Alba expressed deep trauma from the incident, stating she is still in shock and grateful that their family remains safe. Sergio Rico, who played for Fulham on loan from Sevilla during the 2018/19 season before joining Paris Saint-Germain, has not yet commented publicly. Local reports suggest the criminals may be of 'Arabic origin or Albanian,' though no official confirmation has been provided.

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Gerard Couzens
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🔮 He will not have to serve his time if he pays his victim £5,000 in compensation and doesn't re-offend over the next two years.
🔮 Having our home and sense of safety violated is something that will take time to process, but above all, we are grateful that our family is safe.
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Fulham Instagram Seville Spanish Telecinco

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Alba PERSON · 4× Sergio PERSON · 3× Spanish NORP · 3× Fulham ORG · 2× Gulasci PERSON · 2× Sergio Rico PERSON · 2× Alba Silva PERSON · 1× Instagram ORG · 1× Seville GPE · 1× Telecinco ORG · 1×

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The couple suffered a terrifying robbery at their home on Sunday, with the pair getting tied up by robbers Sergio and Alba pictured with their two children The criminals who targeted them have been described locally as non-Spaniards who are probably of 'Arabic origin or Albanian.'
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🔮 Having our home and sense of safety violated is something that will take time to process, but above all, we are grateful that our family is safe.

Claims (18 extracted, 2 hedged)

Former Fulham goalie Sergio Rico and his wife were tied up in front of their young children during a terrifying armed robbery at their Spanish home. asserted
Rico → tie → home
The family were eating dinner on Sunday night when masked raiders stormed the couple's house near Seville, tying up the 33-year-old footballer and his influencer wife Alba Silva, while his mother-in-law was held at gunpoint, according to Spanish broadcaster Telecinco. uncertain
mother → eat → Telecinco
The hooded thieves took valuables including cash, jewellery and designer handbags, but the value of the items has not been made public. asserted
value → take → items
Police are investigating the violent robbery, but no arrests have been made. asserted
arrests → investigate → robbery
Alba admitted overnight she was still deeply traumatised following the violent break-in, saying in a post to her 255,000 Instagram followers: 'I'm still in shock after what happened; I am without words. asserted
I → admit → words
' Sergio, who played for Fulham in the 2018/19 season on loan from Sevilla before joining Paris Saint-Germain, has yet to comment on the robbery. asserted
who → play → robbery
The couple suffered a terrifying robbery at their home on Sunday, with the pair getting tied up by robbers Sergio and Alba pictured with their two children The criminals who targeted them have been described locally as non-Spaniards who are probably of 'Arabic origin or Albanian.' asserted
who → suffer → origin
It comes after former Liverpool goalkeeper Peter Gulacsi and his Pilates instructor wife Diana Vigh were targeted last week as they slept in their beds hours ahead of his current club Villarreal's Champions League clash against Napoli. asserted
they → come → Napoli
He was ruled out of the October 13 match following the terrifying ordeal. asserted
He → rule → ordeal
Four masked men reportedly forced entry to the footballer's property on a luxury residential estate in Puzol near the east coast Spanish city of Valencia. uncertain
men → force → Valencia
The ordeal lasted for around 45 minutes before the robbers fled in two high-end vehicles. asserted
robbers → last → vehicles
Local paper Las Provincias has revealed the intruders got away with valuables worth around £170,000, which included jewellery, designer bags and cash. asserted
which → reveal → jewellery
And it said the robbers had taken advantage of the fact that Gulasci and his wife had not activated their alarm to enter the house through a garage window. asserted
Gulasci → say → window
The terrified couple are said to have obeyed every order the robbers gave them because their two children were sleeping in the next room and they wanted to make sure they didn't wake up. asserted
wake → say → room
Alba said she was left traumatised by the violent robbery Breaking his silence about the 'deeply traumatic' armed robbery he and his family suffered, Gulasci said in a social media post hours after it happened: 'Thank you so much for all your messages, kindness and support. asserted
it → say → messages
We truly appreciate it. asserted
We → appreciate → it
Having our home and sense of safety violated is something that will take time to process, but above all, we are grateful that our family is safe. asserted
family → have → all
We would now like to put this experience behind us, as much as possible, and return to our everyday lives and kindly ask everyone to respect our privacy and allow us to move forward.' asserted
us → like → privacy
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