"Image source, Getty Images Go Ahead Eagles striker Victor Edvardsen has been fined for mocking the appearance of an opponent born with a cleft lip. Edvardsen made gestures about Stuttgart midfielder Angelo Stiller's nose during their Europa League match on Thursday. A cleft lip, which can also affect the shape of the nose, occurs when parts of the baby's face do not join together properly during development in the womb."
""I would like to take this opportunity to apologise for my behaviour," said 29-year-old Edvardsen, who has one cap for Sweden. "Things were said and done between us that have no place on a football pitch. I'm a role model and I have to act accordingly." Go Ahead Eagles general manager Jan Willem van Dop said: "As a club, we are completely dissatisfied with Victor's behavior and distance ourselves from it. "It's good that he apologised afterwards, but it remains a stain on the evening.""
Victor Edvardsen made mocking gestures about Stuttgart midfielder Angelo Stiller's nose during a Europa League match. Stiller was born with a cleft lip, a condition that can also affect nasal shape when facial parts do not join properly during fetal development. Edvardsen entered the Stuttgart dressing room after the game to apologise and acknowledged his responsibility as a role model. Go Ahead Eagles fined him 500 euros and will donate the amount to the club's social services fund. The club expressed dissatisfaction with his behaviour. Stuttgart won the match 4-0 in the Netherlands.
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