Lamine Yamal’s dad, 35, is ‘stabbed in a car park’ and ‘in a serious condition in hospital’

The father of Spain Euro 2024 star Lamine Yamal has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed in a car park on Wednesday evening, according to reports.

Mounir Nasraoui was in the Spanish town of Mataro where he is understood to have been attacked and has since been rushed to hospital.

A fight reportedly broke out in the parking lot with Nasraoui being stabbed ‘multiple times’.

According to La Vanguardia, Nasraoui was left in a serious condition and was taken to the nearby Can Ruti hospital in Badalona in an ambulance following the stabbing. 

Spanish outlets Relevo and Mundo Deportivo have reported that while Nasraoui remains in hospital he is ‘out of danger’.

The father (right) of Spain Euro 2024 star Lamine Yamal has been rushed to hospital after being stabbed

Nasraoui has been his son’s biggest supporters over the years and was present as 17-year-old Yamal secured the European Championship title with Spain

The father has been rushed to the Can Ruti hospital in Badalona after being stabbed

Nasraoui has been his son’s biggest supporters over the years and was present as 17-year-old Yamal secured the European Championship title with Spain where they beat England in the final.

Yamal was Spain’s star of the tournament, with his father previously declaring that the rising superstar could ‘be greater than [Lionel] Messi.’ 

An investigation has now been opened to find those responsible for the vile act as Nasraoui remains in hospital with doctors providing emergency treatment.

Witnesses who watched the stabbing unfold have reportedly been approached by local police in Mataro as law enforcement rallies to unearth crucial information about the attack.

Some reports in the nation have suggested the attack could have been a ‘settling of scores’ in relation to a previous altercation.

35-year-old Nasraoui (right) still lives in the Mataro region of Catalonia where the attack happened

Nasraoui lives in the Rocafonda neighbourhood of Mataro where Yamal was raised and still honours the area with his ‘304’ celebration that see’s him reference the area’s postcode.

The 35-year-old dad hails from Morocco, but moved to Spain as a nine-year-old where he later met Yamal’s mother Sheila Ebana, with the pair later giving birth to their football prodigy son in 2007.

He had aspirations to become a footballer in Spain’s professional ranks, but was unable to make the grade and subsequently moved into employment where he took up several jobs to make ends meet.

Nasraoui – who is two-years younger than Yamal’s Spain team-mate Jesus Navas – followed his son around Germany as Spain starred to become Euro 2024 champions.