Diego Sebastián Rodríguez Cano (28 May 1988 – 11 September 2010) was a Uruguayan professional

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who played as a defender.

Career

Born in

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, Rodríguez played for

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and

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Death

Rodríguez was seriously injured in a car crash in

on 9 September 2010, and was admitted to the ICU at Montevideo's La Española hospital. He had suffered brain and chest trauma as a result of the accident, and died two days later of cardiac arrest at the age of 22. Following Rodríguez' death, tributes came in from Uruguayan football players: national team players

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and

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both dedicated their goals scored on Saturday to the memory of Rodríguez, as did Mario Regueiro,

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and Sebastián "El Loco" Abreu. Forlán also commented the death on his Twitter account, offering his "condolences to Rodríguez' family, friends, fans of Nacional, and to football in Uruguay". His remains are buried at Parque del Reencuentro.

References

1988 births 2010 deaths Uruguayan men's footballers Road incident deaths in Uruguay Burials at Parque del Reencuentro Men's association football defenders Central Español players Club Nacional de Football players {{Uruguay-footy-defender-1980s-stub