Diego Rodríguez (footballer, born 1988)

For other people named Diego Rodríguez, see Diego Rodríguez (disambiguation).

Diego Sebastián Rodríguez Cano (28 May 1988 – 11 September 2010) was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a defender.

Diego Rodríguez

Personal information
Full name	Diego Sebastián Rodríguez Cano
Date of birth	(1988-05-28)28 May 1988
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	11 September 2010(2010-09-11) (aged 22)
Place of death	Montevideo, Uruguay
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	Nacional
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2009	Nacional	0	(0)
2009–2010	Central Español	27	(8)
2010	Nacional	3	(0)
Total		30	(8)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Montevideo, Rodríguez played for Nacional and Central Español.

Death

Rodríguez was seriously injured in a car crash in Montevideo 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,^[1] and died two days later of cardiac arrest at the age of 22.^[2] Following Rodríguez' death, tributes came in from Uruguayan football players: national team players Luis Suárez and Diego Forlán both dedicated their goals scored on Saturday to the memory of Rodríguez, as did Mario Regueiro, Luis Aguiar,^[3] Edinson Cavani^[4] and Sebastián "El Loco" Abreu.^[5] Forlán also commented the death on his Twitter account, offering his "condolences to Rodríguez' family, friends, fans of Nacional, and to football in Uruguay".^[6]

His remains are buried at Parque del Reencuentro.^[1]