Jorge Resurrección Merodio (born 8 January 1992), known as Koke (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkoke]), is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid and the Spanish national team as a midfielder.
Atletico Madrid midfielder, Koke was threatened at gunpoint and had his £60,000 watch stolen on Thursday.
The Spain international was driving his car in an underground car park in Madrid’s Chamberi district when a motorcyclist, brandishing a gun, followed and then confronted him.
The gunman put the weapon to his temple as he wound down his window to take a ticket at the barrier and eventually got away with the 25-year-old’s watch, with the incident occurring at around 7pm.
Koke, who is preparing for the Madrid derby against fierce rivals Real on Saturday, reported the assault at the nearby police station.
It is believed the assailant only got away with the footballer’s timepiece before escaping the underground car park on his motorbike, according to El Mundo.
Koke joined up with his Atletico team-mates to take part in training on Friday morning ahead of their upcoming La Liga fixture.
Diego Simeone has named the midfielder in his squad for the crunch clash and Koke is expected to play a midfield role against Real, who are leading La Liga.
Atletico trail their city rivals by 10 points but will undoubtedly want to dent Real’s title hopes with victory at Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday afternoon
