Fabián O’Neill Obituary

Fabián O’Neill Domnguez was a Uruguayan footballer who played in the midfield. Fabian O’Neill died on Sunday, December 25, 2022, at the age of 49, according to Uruguay’s soccer federation.

According to ESPN, O’Neill was admitted to the hospital on Saturday, December 24 2022, in a coma with bleeding from chronic liver disease.

Fabián O’Neill was the eldest child of Luis Alberto O’Neill and Mercedes Domnguez. O’Neill was abandoned by his parents and raised by his grandmother, with whom he shared a bed until the age of 14.

He started working at the age of nine, selling sausages outside a brothel, and he was already drinking.

Fabián O’Neill began and ended his career at Nacional, where he won the Uruguayan Primera División in 1992. He played the majority of his career in Italy, primarily with Cagliari, but also with Juventus and Perugia.

Fabián O’Neill made 19 appearances for Uruguay, beginning with the Copa América in 1993 and ending with the FIFA World Cup in 2002.

Zinedine Zidane described O’Neill, nicknamed “El Mago” (The Wizard), as the most talented teammate of his career.