Photo: ARMANDO SARTOROTTI / Getty Images
Through social networks the world found out that Former Uruguayan soccer player Fabián O’Neill died this Sunday in Montevideo at the age of 49 after being urgently admitted to an Intensive Treatment Center.
“We regret to inform the passing of Fabian O’Neill. Emerged in the inexhaustible quarry and Uruguayan champion with our shirt. Today all Nacional is in mourning. To his family and friends, our sincere condolences. See you always Magician! ”, The National club published on its social networks.
We regret to report the passing of Fabian O’Neill.
Emerged in the inexhaustible quarry and Uruguayan champion with our shirt.Today all Nacional is in mourning. To his family and friends, our sincere condolences.
Goodbye Wizard! pic.twitter.com/vlbFbpDn5O
– National (@National) December 25, 2022
O’Neill was born in the city of Paso de los Toros in October 1973, and began his professional career defending Nacional between 1992 and 1995. Later, the Uruguayan left for Italy, where he defended Cagliari in the period 1996-2000 and Juventus between 2000 and 2001.
In that last team he was led by the renowned coach Marcelo Lippi, while he was a teammate with prominent footballers such as his compatriot Paolo Montero, the midfielder Antonio Conte, the Dutchman Edgar Davids, the Italian Alessandro Del Piero and the Frenchman Zinedine Zidane.
Later the Uruguayan He went through Perugia and again through Cagliari, before returning to Nacional in the 2003 season.
In that last year O’Neill played -between friendly and official matches- eleven of the more than 100 games in which he defended the tricolor shirt and scored a goal from a free kick against the Brazilian Santos in a match corresponding to the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores.
After that season, the footballer put an end to his career at the age of 29 and after playing 19 games with the Uruguayan team, the first of these in the Copa América in 1993 against the United States and the last one against China in a friendly played in 2002.
In addition, the former player was also part of the team that defended Celeste in the 2002 World Cup in Korea-Japan, although an injury did not allow him to add minutes in said tournament.
With information from EFE
You may also like
–Cruz Azul releases a place for a foreign player in the MX League: Imminent arrival of Luis Suárez in Mexico?
–One of the legends of Fullham and the 1966 World Cup champions in England passed away
–LAFC in the 2023 MLS SuperDraft: Who are the reinforcements for the United States champion team?