Liga MX: 'Puma' Chávez and other footballers who tragically beat us to it

Unfortunately, Mexican football is in mourning, since this Wednesday the death of Diego Chavezfootballer who played in Braves of Juarezbut that debuted with Veracruz Red Sharks in 2015 to later defend the jackets of Necaxa, Toluca and Salamanca from Spain.

At just 28 years old, The Puma He lost his life in a car accident in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, which was announced by the border team and later, different clubs sent their condolences to his family and friends.

In his record, the striker raised his MX Cup of Clausura 2016 when he was a member of the Jarochos, where he scored 18 goals in 92 matches.

As well as Puma Chavezthere have been other players of the Liga MX who tragically got ahead of us while they were still professionals.

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El Centavo wore the jackets of Blue Cross and Chivas, being a reference for La Maquina. Unfortunately, her life was taken from her at the age of 24 when she was shot three times in a restaurant in Guadalajara, in 1974.

The forward was considered a promise who was aiming to play in the Old Continent.

Remembered with great affection by the fans of the Pachuca. The Argentine had great talent, however, at just 23 years old he got ahead of himself on the path. The forward suffered a car accident when he was driving back to Bella Airosa, on January 29, 2001.

El Cheque was diagnosed with lung cancer, therefore, he decided to retire in 2017 while he was active in the Bats of Los Mochisin the Promotion alloy.

Barely a year later and at 29 years of age, the also forward of Necaxa, Jaguars and Atlantean He lost his life against said disease.

Although he no longer played Mexican soccer, the death of Tano, a great figure in Rayados de Monterrey, was a hard blow for Aztec football. The striker was in the Old Continent with the Larissa from Greece when he died of a heart condition in 2009.

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The Colombian goalkeeper remained current with the Pachuca of his loves until he suffered a venous thrombosis in his left arm, for which he had to undergo surgery and then hang up his gloves in September 2011. Almost a year later, in November 2012, El Cóndor got up, walked until he felt dizzy without the left side of the body reacting. He was taken to the hospital, but suffered a stroke due to an embolism in the right hemisphere. Days later, he suffered brain death and the next day he died from cardiorespiratory arrest.

The Ecuadorian left his name engraved with gold letters on Santos Laguna and America.

After winning the 2013 Clausura title with the Águilas, Chucho decided to embark on the journey to football in Qatar, where he died on July 29, 2013 due to a coronary artery problem that was undetectable.

In April 2021, the youth of the Atlético San Luis He was traveling at excessive speed and after losing control, he hit a tree, dying instantly. The defender was 19 years old and played in the under-20 team.

The goalkeeper lost his life in a road accident when he was active in Veracruz. The shark element and his family returned to Puerto Jarocho so that the goalkeeper could join the team's practices, however, due to excessive speed, his truck overturned on the Córdoba-Cuitláhuac section of the Mexico-Veracruz highway. .

In July 2017, the midfielder of the Tecos UAG He died in a car accident while returning to Guadalajara from Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán.

The left side of Striped He lost his life on September 24, 1978, in an accident on the Mazatlán-Matamoros highway, a few days after competing in the Royal Classic number 10.

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