Mathías Acuña

Mathías Acuña
Personal information
Full name	Mathías Alexander Acuña Maciel
Date of birth	28 November 1992
Place of birth	Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death	4 January 2025 (aged 32)
Place of death	Ambato, Ecuador
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Positions	Winger; second striker;
Youth career
	Sur 2000
	Liverpool Montevideo
	Danubio
	Boston River
0000–2012	El Tanque Sisley
Senior career*
Years	Team
2012–2016	El Tanque Sisley
2014–2015	→ Central Español (loan)
2017–2019	Fénix
2019	Liverpool Montevideo
2020	Montevideo Wanderers
2021–2022	AEL
2022	Atenas
2022	Rentistas
2023	Boston River
2023–2024	Lamia
2024	Fénix
2024	Mushuc Runa
Total
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mathías Alexander Acuña Maciel (28 November 1992 – 4 January 2025) was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a forward.

Career

Before becoming a footballer, Acuña worked as a delivery man and musician.^[1]^[2] He played for Greek Super League club Lamia in the 2023–24 season.^[3]

Death

Acuña's brother Héctor also played football professionally.^[4]

Acuña died on 4 January 2025, at the age of 32.^[5] The cause of death was suicide.^[5] At the time of his death, he was being investigated for domestic abuse.^[5]

References

↑ Acuña, el delantero de Fénix que se anotará hoy para terminar el liceo^{[link removed]} elobservador.com.uy (Archived)
↑ PING PONG con Mathias Acuña: De delivery a ser el goleador de Fénix icndiario.com
↑ "Ανακοίνωση ΠΑΕ ΑΕΛ για Ματίας Ακούνια". Retrieved 17 January 2021.
↑ Parra, Abigail (5 January 2025). "Mathías Acuña, el jugador uruguayo que fue encontrado muerto en un hotel" [Mathías Acuña, the Uruguayan player who was found dead in a hotel]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2025.
1 2 3 "Luto en el fútbol por el fallecimiento de Mathías Acuña: el jugador se quitó la vida tras regresar a Ecuador". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 4 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

External links

Mathías Acuña at Soccerway
Mathías Acuña at WorldFootball.net

[1] Acuña, el delantero de Fénix que se anotará hoy para terminar el liceo^{[link removed]} elobservador.com.uy (Archived)

[2] PING PONG con Mathias Acuña: De delivery a ser el goleador de Fénix icndiario.com

[3] "Ανακοίνωση ΠΑΕ ΑΕΛ για Ματίας Ακούνια". Retrieved 17 January 2021.

[4] Parra, Abigail (5 January 2025). "Mathías Acuña, el jugador uruguayo que fue encontrado muerto en un hotel" [Mathías Acuña, the Uruguayan player who was found dead in a hotel]. Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 April 2025.

[el-pais-5] 1 2 3 "Luto en el fútbol por el fallecimiento de Mathías Acuña: el jugador se quitó la vida tras regresar a Ecuador". EL PAIS (in Spanish). 4 January 2025. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

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