Fighting extradition, Dutch player Quincy Promes resumes career in UAE

Former Dutch international Quincy Promes will resume his career in the United Arab Emirates where he is fighting extradition to the Netherlands after being sentenced in absentia to six years in prison for drug trafficking.

The striker, who has 50 caps for the Netherlands, has joined second-tier Dubai United FC, the club said on social media.

A Dutch court said earlier this year that Promes was directly involved in shipping 1,360 kg of cocaine from Brazil via the port of Antwerp, Belgium, to the Netherlands in two shipments in 2020.

The 32-year-old former Ajax Amsterdam and Sevilla striker was arrested in Dubai in March at the request of Dutch prosecutors while attending a training camp with Russian club Spartak Moscow.

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Last year, Promes was also sentenced in absentia to 18 months in prison for assault in connection with a 2020 fight in which he stabbed a cousin in the knee.

Promes denied all charges and appealed both cases. In May, he was released on conditions, including a ban on leaving the UAE.

Spartak Moscow terminated his contract at the end of June.