 Izquierdo with Nacional in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Juan Manuel Izquierdo Viana | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Montevideo, Uruguay | ||
| Date of death | 27 August 2024 (aged 27) | ||
| Place of death | São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liverpool Montevideo | |||
| Cerro | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Cerro | 28 | (1) |
| 2019 | Peñarol | 5 | (0) |
| 2020 | Montevideo Wanderers | 16 | (2) |
| 2021 | Atlético San Luis | 4 | (0) |
| 2021 | Montevideo Wanderers | 14 | (0) |
| 2022 | Nacional | 1 | (0) |
| 2023 | Liverpool Montevideo | 31 | (3) |
| 2024 | Nacional | 16 | (1) |
| Total | 115 | (7) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Juan Manuel Izquierdo Viana (4 July 1997 – 27 August 2024) was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
He made 111 Uruguayan Primera División appearances for Cerro, Peñarol, Montevideo Wanderers, Liverpool and Nacional, winning the league in 2022 and 2023 for the last two clubs, respectively. He also briefly played in Mexico's Liga MX for Atlético San Luis in 2021.
Izquierdo died at age 27, having collapsed due to cardiac arrhythmia during a Copa Libertadores match at São Paulo.
- ^ "Juan Izquierdo" (in Spanish). Eurosport. Retrieved 30 August 2024.