Diego Mendieta

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 FA
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 Persis Solo refused to pay his hospital fees, thus resulting in his demise. Persis 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

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


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