Arsenal’s Martin Ødegaard accidentally hits police officer on head with football during parade

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·1 June 2026

Arsenal’s Martin Ødegaard accidentally hits police officer on head with football during parade

Arsenal's Martin Odegaard accidentally hit a policeman on the head with a football during his team’s victory parade on Sunday (31 May).

As he celebrated on a bus as it drove through north London, the club captain headed a ball into the crowd below.

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He then ducked as the ball hit a police officer standing below, directly on the head. “Arrest him, arrest him,” one of his teammates can be heard laughing.

“On your head, Martin,” Arsenal wrote as they shared a video of the moment on social media.

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