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Football bad boy Nile Ranger has been filmed punching a woman in the face before smashing down a door outside his penthouse flat.

The shocking CCTV footage, passed to the Sunday Mirror, shows the former Newcastle United ace attacking a mystery brunette as he returns home with her after a night out.

Swindon Town forward Ranger, 23, became angry when he ­apparently lost his electronic key fob and could not get in to his luxury home.

The girl tries to calm the 6ft 2in star down, but he reacts by slapping her twice with his right hand as she tries to defend herself.

He then punches her with his left, causing her to fall against the wall. Ranger then breaks in to the apartment block by taking a run up and kicking the door in.

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We handed the footage to ­Wiltshire Police and yesterday morning three panda cars arrived at his Swindon flat. But there was no sign of the £5,000-a-week star, who was injured and out of his League One side’s trip to Notts County.

Officers are due to quiz him over the next few days.

They have also urged the woman in the video to get in touch.

The film was handed over by a person who saw the footage when workers arrived to fix the door, which was damaged to the tune of £2,000.

Our source said: “The building has a secure entrance system so all the residents have a little plastic tag they use to get through all of the doors, including the doors from the car park into the lift area.

“It’s pretty clear from the footage he’s forgotten his fob or hasn’t got it to hand so he’s decided to try to force his way through the door. We’re talking about a ­seriously sturdy, couple-of-inches thick secure door with a glass panel that has wire inside to strengthen it.

“He’s completely destroyed the door, which is embedded into a concrete wall.”

Staff from a property maintenance firm also alerted police to the damage, caused at about 4am on Sunday, April 13.

A Wiltshire Police ­spokesman said: “The company has supplied the police with a copy of CCTV of the incident, which shows a man kicking and smashing the door and lift, and at one point punching a female who was with him.

“Police have been making inquiries to locate the suspect.

“As a result a man, aged 23, of Gordon Gardens, Swindon, will be contacted via his solicitor for interview by appointment in connection with the criminal damage and assault.”

It is believed Ranger may have been out celebrating after his side beat Brentford 1-0 at home the previous day.

He signed to Swindon after leaving Newcastle last summer. His past controversies include posing with a replica handgun in a photo in 2011 and being fined by the FA for making homophobic comments on Twitter.