Former Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro has stepped away from football, just seven months after the incident which led to a long legal wrangle with the club.
Carneiro is currently involved in an employment tribunal, dating back to comments made by former Blues manager Jose Mourinho after Carneiro rushed onto the pitch to treat the injured Eden Hazard during August’s Premier League draw with Swansea City.
But the 42-year-old is now poised to return to her place of birth to work at the Gibraltar Specialist Medical Clinic, with the clinic itself making the announcement on its Facebook page.
The post reads as follows:
Eva Carneiro
Gibraltarian Sports Physician Doctor, Eva Carneiro (formerly of Chelsea Football Club, Olympic Medical Institute, and England’s Women Football) will be working at the Specialist Medical clinic on Thursday 31st March.
For more information please call our reception team on 200 49999.
As Sports Medicine and Exercise Medicine Consultant Doctor Eva specialises in the treatment of athletes and other physically active individuals. Sports and Exercise medicine physicians have extensive education in musculoskeletal medicine. She is able to treat injuries such as muscle, ligament, tendon and bone problems, but may also treat chronic illnesses that can affect physical performance, such as asthma and diabetes. Dr Carneiro will also advise on managing and preventing injuries, Sports and exercise nutrition, supplementation and performance enhancement.
Carneiro has launched an individual legal claim against Mourinho, separate from the ongoing employment tribunal, having already taken aim at the Football Association in the aftermath of her Stamford Bridge exit.
Her legal team has demanded an apology from the Portuguese coach, while noting that the doctor and the London club are some way away from a resolution in the dispute.
Carneiro had been employed by Chelsea since 2009, and had worked directly with the first team squad since Andre Villas-Boas’ spell in charge.
