This is the moment Brazilian football legend Frederico Chaves Guedes is forced to take a dive as he is robbed of his GBP 129,000 SUV.
Terrifying security CCTV footage shows the former Brazilian national squad striker, known as Fred to fans, is ordered out of the car at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro.
Fred, 40, was returning home from a match in his current role as football director with his old team Fluminense when three gunmen ambushed him.
As he gets out of the car, the gunmen order Fred to lie face down on the pavement on 23rd November as two of them jump into the Mercedes GLE 400.
The third leaps back into a white hatchback where a getaway driver is waiting and all four flee as the footage ends.
Amazingly the SUV was later found by police after it was abandoned by the gang.
But two mobile phones stolen from the vehicle are believed to be still missing, according to local media.
Civil Police say the Mercedes is undergoing forensic examination in a search for fingerprints and DNA left behind by the crooks.
An investigation is ongoing.
At the peak of his time as a player, Fred scored one of the fastest goals in professional football history, scoring just 3.17 seconds after kick-off during a cup match in Brazil.
