This morning the Liniers club issued a statement reporting the death of a 14-year-old soccer player due to a case of “severe infectious disease.”
Yair Rodriguez Pereyraplayer of the Eighth Division of Velez who would turn 15 tomorrow, died this Tuesday as a result of “a severe infectious disease”as reported by the Liniers institution.
“Amateur Football and the entire Institution are in mourning. Today at 8 in the morning, Yair Rodriguez Pereyra (02-28-2009), defender of the Eighth Division, died after suffering from a severe infectious disease that left him He was admitted to the Santa Isabel Sanatorium in this capital.”the club indicated in a statement.
According to reports, a possible dengue case as the reason for the death of the 14-year-old boy who played in the lower divisions of Velez Sarfield.
The president of Velez, Fabian Berlangain statements to TNprovided more information about what happened. “He had some lines of fever the days before, he was treated with the club’s doctors. Then they took him for tests because he was not recovering and suddenly an infectious condition appeared that took over his entire body, apparently some bacteria”explained the Liniers president and highlighted: “It is not confirmed that it is a case of dengue, but the possibility may exist.”
For your part Ariel Zaratecoach Yair in the Eighth Divisionsaid that the boy had dengue although he stressed that the cause of death is still unknown.
Vélez’s statement
In the statement issued by the club, it also added: “Born in Río Cuarto, province of Córdoba, Yair arrived in Vélez at the age of Infantiles during 2019 and settled in Buenos Aires with his family, who accompanied him very closely in all his training”.
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“As a midfielder or central marker, he was part of the Category team in the Metropolitan League and at the end of last year he made his debut in AFA, being part of a multi-champion division like 2009 that won everything it competed in,” the text added.
Finally, he expressed: “From the Institution we send our deepest condolences to Yair’s family and friends for this painful news, which mourns not only La Fábrica but all of Vélez and the world of football in general. All football activities are suspended. Children’s Youth, Women’s and Futsal Football in the Olympic Village and the Headquarters.
Source: Ambito
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