A Danish court found Norwegian national team football player Andreas Schjelderup guilty of sharing sexual material of two under-18 boys on Wednesday and gave him a suspended prison sentence on Wednesday.
Schjelderup, 21, who last year played for Danish side FC Nordsjaelland, told the Copenhagen court he had received the 27-second video on the Snapchat social media app and had forwarded it to a group chat of four friends.
The winger, who now plays for Portuguese club Benfica, on Wednesday pleaded guilty and told the court he had realised from the first few seconds that the people in the video were under 18.
Today Benfica coach Jose Mourinho says he needs to learn from the experience.
"Schjelderup made a mistake. He was tried and convicted. It is not a conviction that prevents him from practicing his profession", says Mourinho to Portuguese mede "Record".
"And for a person who has made a mistake, has accepted the mistake and accepted the conviction, it is an important step for him to feel that he cannot forget what he has done."
"The verdict ensures that he does not forget it. He must continue his life, but be less naive than before and learn from a negative experience that has and will always affect him."
"He must continue to grow as a person, and that is more important than growing as a footballer".
Judge Mathias Eike gave Schjelderup a two-week suspended prison sentence, meaning he will only have to serve time in jail if found guilty of another crime during the next 12 months.