Former footballer Jota Peleteiro, who played for Alaves, Brentford and Aston Villa, has converted to Islam.

The 32-year-old Spanish player, who also played for Real Madrid Castilla, a Real Madrid reserve team, took the decision after he was impressed with the treatment he received from his Kuwaiti friend Faisal Buresli, according to Al-Qabas, Be Soccer reported.

عائلة فيصل بورسلي وقصة إسلام النجم الإسباني #جوتا pic.twitter.com/yPuGw8HmP7

— القبس (@alqabas) February 18, 2024

Last week, Peleteiro travelled to Kuwait to complete his conversion to Islam. The idea began to cross Peleteiro’s mind a year ago when he first visited Buresli, whom he described as “friend, business partner and brother.”

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