He died in hospital on Christmas day Fabian O’Neillthe former Uruguay international who played in Serie A between 1995 and 2002 for Cagliari, Juventus and Perugia. He was hospitalized yesterday in Montevideo due to bleeding, but this time the treatments failed to save the 49-year-old, undermined by alcohol abuse and already forced to hospitalizations and operations several times.
O’Neill, the memory of Cagliari
Cagliari, which had already included him in the ‘Hall of Fame’, paid tribute to their former player with a message on twitter: “Proud to have been able to admire your genius up close: pure, crystalline, like the most precious diamonds. You made us fall in love with your class, Cagliari he never stopped loving his Wizard with the “10” on his shoulders. Rest in peace Fabian. Forever one of us.” With the rossoblù shirt, O’Neill collected 120 appearances, scoring twelve goals between 1995 and 2000.
O’Neill and that Zidane cadeau
His talent, largely expressed in his period on the island, had led him to wear the Juventus shirt where, however, he had never managed to reconfirm himself at the levels obtained in Cagliari. Of him someone like Zinedine Zidano he said “He’s the most talented player I’ve ever seen play”, a mark of respect between champion and champion, a talent taken away too soon.
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