Soccer player Pablo Marí was discharged from hospital three days after being injured in a knife attack at an Italian shopping centre.

Five people were stabbed on Thursday, including Marí, and one died after a man grabbed a knife from a supermarket shelf. Police arrested a 46-year-old Italian man suspected in the attack at the shopping centre in Assago, a suburb of Milan.

The 29-year-old Marí, who is on loan at Serie A club Monza from Arsenal, avoided life-threatening injuries but needed surgery on his back and also had injuries to his mouth. He will be out for two to three months.

Monza issued a statement on Sunday saying the Spanish player had been discharged from hospital but would need “a period of absolute rest.”

“When we found out about Pablo it was normal that it shocked everyone. We were very down,” Monza coach Raffaele Palladino said. “But when we found that Pablo was out of danger we all heaved a sigh of relief.

The club also said that the players will warm up for the match at home to Bologna wearing special shirts dedicated to Marí, with his name on the back and a message on the front saying “come back soon Pablo.”

There will also be a minute’s silence before kickoff in memory of Luis Fernando Ruggieri, the supermarket employee who was killed in the attack. The Italian league rejected Monza’s request for the match to be postponed. Marí, a centre-back, has played in eight of Monza’s 11 Italian league games this season and scored the second goal in a 2-0 win over Spezia this month.