Sports News | Ecuador, Cincinnati Player Marco Angulo, 22, Dies from Car Crash Injuries
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Ecuador and FC Cincinnati player Marco Angulo has died from his injuries sustained in a car crash that also killed his former youth team teammate Roberto Cabezas, the Ecuadorian Football Association said on Tuesday.
Quito (Ecuador), Nov 12 (AP) Ecuador and FC Cincinnati player Marco Angulo has died from his injuries sustained in a car crash that also killed his former youth team teammate Roberto Cabezas, the Ecuadorian Football Association said on Tuesday.
The 22-year-old Angulo was a passenger in the car that crashed into a metal barrier on the Rumiñahui highway southeast of Quito on October 7. The driver and Cabezas, who played for Independiente Juniors, were killed in the incident.
Angulo was left with serious head injuries and a lung contusion. He was placed in an artificial coma, but died from the injuries on Monday night, the El Universo newspaper reported. He played for Ecuadorian league champion LDU Quito on loan from MLS team FC Cincinnati.
Ecuador's FA said Angulo “defended the colours of our country at every opportunity he had with his talent and dedication. Marco was not only an outstanding player, but a great teammate. He leaves a deep pain in our hearts.”
Angulo, a defensive midfielder, played for Ecuador's Under-17s and Under-20s before making his senior debut in a friendly against Iraq in November 2022. He played in another friendly against Australia in March last year. (AP)
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