Newcastle United striker Andy Carroll was charged with assault on Monday following an incident at a city centre nightclub.
Carroll, 21, is accused of attacking another reveller inside the Blu Bambu, on Newcastle's Bigg Market, in December. Carroll, of Prestwick, Newcastle, will face magistrates in Newcastle later this month.
After Newcastle's relegation from the Premier League, Carroll has been a regular this season and has scored eight goals in 20 matches for the club this season.
A Northumbria Police spokesman said: "Andrew Carroll, 21, of Prestwick, Newcastle, has today been charged with assault. This follows an incident at Newcastle's Blu Bambu nightclub in the early hours of December 7, 2009. He will appear at Newcastle Magistrates' Court on February 25."