Diego Mendieta

Mendieta during his playing days
Personal information
Full name	Diego Antonio Mendieta Romero
Date of birth	(1980-06-13)13 June 1980
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Date of death	3 December 2012(2012-12-03) (aged 32)
Place of death	Surakarta, Indonesia
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	( Gls)
	Johor Darul Ta'zim
2009–2010	Persitara North Jakarta	14	(3)
2011–2012	Persis Solo		(8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Diego Mendieta (13 June 1980 – 3 December 2012) was a Paraguayan professional footballer who played as a forward. His death on 3 December 2012 reportedly caused by cytomegalovirus, an easily treatable disease, ^[1] sparked international outrage after it was made known that his club refused to pay his hospital fees, thus resulting in his demise. The club also owed Mendieta an estimated US$12,500 in salaries which had prevented him from returning to his native Paraguay. ^[2] The International Federation of Professional Footballers ( FIFPro), a worldwide representative organisation for professional football players, dubbed his death as a "disgrace for football".

References

External links

• Diego Mendieta at Soccerway

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