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Diego Mendieta

Mendieta during his playing days
Personal information
Full name	Diego Antonio Mendieta Romero
Date of birth	(1980-06-13)13 June 1980
Place of birth	Asunción, Paraguay
Date of death	3 December 2012(2012-12-03) (aged 32)
Place of death	Surakarta, Indonesia
Playing position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
	Johor Darul Ta'zim
2009–2010	Persitara North Jakarta	14	(3)
2011–2012	Persis Solo		(8)
Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Diego Mendieta (13 June 1980 – 3 December 2012) was a Paraguayan professional footballer who played as a forward. His death on 3 December 2012 reportedly caused by cytomegalovirus, an easily treatable disease, sparked international outrage after it was made known that his club refused to pay his hospital fees, thus resulting in his demise. The club also owed Mendieta an estimated US$12,500 in salaries which had prevented him from returning to his native Paraguay. The International Federation of Professional Footballers (FIFPro), a worldwide representative organisation for professional football players, dubbed his death as a "disgrace for football".