Villarreal's Portuguese defender Ruben Semedo arrives escorted by a Spanish Guardia Civil guards at the couthouse in Lliria, on February 22, 2018. Semedo was arrested on February 20, 2018 on suspicion of holding somebody against their will and causing injury, a source close to the investigation told AFP. It is not the first time Portuguese under-21 international Semedo has been in trouble with police since signing for Villarreal from Sporting Lisbon prior to this season. He was arrested in November following an alleged altercation at a nightclub, for which he is awaiting trial. Pic/AFP

Villarreal's Portuguese defender Ruben Semedo was Thursday charged with attempted murder and kidnapping, a Spanish justice spokesman said. The 23-year-old was arrested at his home in the early hours of Tuesday after a man alleged he had been "tied up, beaten and held by Semedo and two other men at the player's villa in Betera", near Valencia, Las Provincias newspaper said.