The €200,000 suspended fine – €5,000 a day for 40 days – must only be paid if Boateng commits another offence.

The judge also ordered Boateng to pay a total of €100,000 to charity organisations, a court spokesman said.

The 2014 World Cup winner, who appeared in the Munich court wearing a dark blue suit, was accused of injuring his ex-girlfriend in a fight during a vacation in 2018.

The mother of his twin daughters accused Boateng of hurling a lamp at her which missed and then throwing a small cool box which injured her arm, before hitting her and pulling her hair.

The 35-year-old Boateng, who recently transferred from Italy’s Salernitana to Austria’s LASK Linz, denied injuring his ex-girlfriend.

Today’s trial was the third in the bodily harm case.

State prosecutors, who had demanded a fine of €1.12 million, now have one week to decide whether to appeal the case to Bavaria’s top court, according to a spokesman.

“I am immensely relieved that this nightmare that has lasted for years is now over,” said Boateng in a statement released by his media adviser.

“Now I want to concentrate on my family and football.”