A celebrity hairdresser who counts the soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo as one of his clients has been found stabbed to death in a Swiss hotel room.
Ricardo Marques Ferreira was named as the victim whose body was found by a cleaner in Zurich’s Albisrieden neighborhood in the west of the city on Friday.
Cops have confirmed a 39-year-old man has been arrested.
The detainee is understood to be a Brazilian national.
Portugal’s leading tabloid Correio da Manha today linked him to the former Real Madrid and Man United star, describing him as “Cristiano Ronaldo’s hairdresser.”
The hair stylist and make-up artist, from the island of Madeira like Cristiano, posted a photo on social media of him putting the final touches to the footballer’s look for a September 2015 photoshoot.
The dead man, whose body was discovered around 2pm on Friday, was found in bed with multiple stab wounds.
The murder weapon was not found at the scene.
There has been no official comment on the possible motive for the crime.
