Líber Ernesto Vespa Legarralde (18 October 1971 – 25 July 2018) was an

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

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who played for a number of clubs both in Argentina and Uruguay, including

Argentinos Juniors Asociación Atlética Argentinos Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Paternal, Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, and was recognized as one of the ...

Rosario Central Club Atlético Rosario Central () is a sports club based in Rosario, Argentina, that plays in the Argentine Primera División. The club was officially founded on December 24, 1889, by a group of railway workers, taking its name from the English- ...

and

C.A. Cerro Club Atlético Cerro, usually known simply as Cerro, is a Uruguayan professional football club based in Montevideo that currently plays in the Uruguayan Segunda División. Founded in 1922, the club plays its home games at Estadio Luis Tróccoli. ...

. He died on 25 July 2018 in Montevideo aged 46 after suffering an

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Honours

;Uruguay * Copa América runner-up:

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

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at FutbolXXI.com * 1971 births 2018 deaths Footballers from Montevideo Uruguayan footballers Uruguay under-20 international footballers Uruguay international footballers Uruguayan people of Italian descent 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup players 1999 Copa América players C.A. Cerro players Montevideo Wanderers F.C. players Argentinos Juniors footballers Rosario Central footballers Arsenal de Sarandí footballers Club Atlético Huracán footballers Uruguayan Primera División players Argentine Primera División players Uruguayan expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Argentina Association football midfielders Deaths from aneurysm Montevideo City Torque managers {{Uruguay-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub