Eva Carneiro has claimed she received
death threats and threats of sexual
violence when she left her position as first
team doctor of Chelsea.
The 43-year-old, who left Chelsea in 2015
after public battle with manager Jose
Mourinho, was criticised by the former
Blues boss after going on to the pitch to
treat Eden Hazard against Swansea at
Stamford Bridge.
After the departure, Carneiro opened a
legal case against the club
for claiming constructive dismissal and
settled her battle in the summer, agreeing
to drop claims of sex discrimination and
harassment against the ex-Chelsea
boss Mourinho.
Now working in her own clinic in
London, Carneiro revealed how online
abuse has followed her since leaving the
Premier League club.
‘Even though I don’t have a presence on
social media – I think I have made one
post ever in my life – some of the threats
of sexual violence and death threats make
it through,’ Carneiro told the Telegraph.
‘They [the abusers] just seem to be
faceless cowards and they should be
answerable to legislation,’ she added.
‘It is one thing to
say, ‘We will end
discrimination’ and I
think it is widely
accepted that
discrimination exists
in the sport.’
Carneiro also went on
to add that unlike
racism, the battle against sexism in
football hasn’t been given enough support:
‘I think sexism is the least challenged form
of discrimination,’ she said.
‘Anti-Semitic and other racist comments
are widely condemned and I don’t think
that is the case [with sexism] and it begs
the question what that leaves room for
behind the scenes.
‘It is widely accepted that football has a
discrimination problem. I really do feel that
way, but I think it is the least challenged
form of discrimination.
‘Growing up I didn’t think it [gender
inequality] was going to be a problem. It
never even occurred to me there would be
differences in what we could achieve, or
what we were told we could achieve, by
being girls or boys.
‘At university more
than 50% of the
intake in medical
school is female, so
a female doctor
wanting to do
anything from trauma
surgery to working in
the military is not
surprising.
‘As I sought specialist training in certain
sports, male colleagues found that quite
surprising. There was very much a
dialogue of bringing attention to my
gender or objectifying me in some way.
They described that as a limit to my career
progression in that direction, which I was
stunned by. It was a dialogue more
appropriate for the 1950s.’
Chelsea Football Club is pleased to
announce that it has reached an
agreement with Dr Carneiro which brings
her employment tribunal proceedings
against the club and Jose Mourinho to
an end.
The club regrets the circumstances
which led to Dr Carneiro leaving the club
and apologises unreservedly to her and
her family for the distress caused. We
wish to place on record that in running
onto the pitch Dr Carneiro was following
both the rules of the game and fulfilling
her responsibility to the players as a
doctor, putting their safety first.
Dr Carneiro has always put the interests
of the club’s players first. Dr Carneiro is
a highly competent and professional
sports doctor. She was a valued
member of the club’s medical team and
we wish her every success in her future
career.
Jose Mourinho also thanks Dr Carneiro
for the excellent and dedicated support
she provided as First Team Doctor and
he wishes her a successful career.
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