Carlos Tevez Reportedly Suffers Calf Injury in Prison Match

Carlos Tevez has reportedly infuriated Boca Juniors after picking up a calf injury playing football while visiting his half-brother in prison.

According to Fox Sports Argentina (via Metro), Tevez played 20 minutes of a prison-yard match while visiting Juan Alberto Martinez—who is serving 16 years for armed robbery at Bouwer's maximum-security prison in Cordoba. The striker suffered a calf injury in the process, which could rule him out for a month.

Tevez, 34, initially lied about how he suffered the knock, but Boca officials are now "enraged" after learning the truth, the report added.

The Argentinian rejoined his boyhood club in January after a brief and unsuccessful spell as the world's highest-paid player at Shanghai Shenhua. 

He has scored three goals and provided two assists in seven league games during his third spell with Boca, but the former Manchester United and Manchester City star looks set for a spell on the sidelines. 

Boca take on Talleres de Cordoba, Junior, Defensa, Palmeiras, Independiente and Newell's Old Boys before April 23, and Tevez could miss every fixture if early tests prove correct.

The forward is a legend at the Buenos Aires-based club, having returned to Boca after his successful career in Europe and again after his dalliance with the Chinese Super League.

But officials and fans alike are sure to be unimpressed that Tevez was cavalier enough about his fitness to take part in a match in a prison.