Diego Mendieta

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Diego Mendieta
Personal information

Date of birth	June 13, 1980
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Date of death	December 3, 2012(2012-12-03) (aged 32)
Place of death	Surakarta, Indonesia
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Persis Solo F.C.
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Diego Mendieta (June 13, 1980 - December 3, 2012) was a Paraguayan footballer who played as a forward for the Surakarta-based Breakway Liga Super Indonesia Premier Division club Persis Solo F.C.. His death on December 3, 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 organization for professional football players, dubbed his death as a "disgrace for football".

References

↑ "Footballer Diego Mendieta's death prompts Indonesia row". BBC. December 5, 2012. Retrieved December 12, 2012.
↑ Masters, James (December 6, 2012). "The lonely death of Diego Mendieta: Football's forgotten man". CNN. Retrieved December 12, 2012.

Persondata
Name	Mendieta, Diego
Alternative names
Short description	Paraguayan footballer
Date of birth	June 13, 1980
Place of birth	Asunción
Date of death	December 3, 2012
Place of death	Surakarta

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