Paolo Sciarretta He was last seen alive Monday evening, after a training session at the La Plata Rugby Club gymnasium. Hours later, this Tuesday morning, was found dead on one of the field hockey rinks of that institution. According to preliminary information, the former ruggier, 45, he would have suffered cardiac arrest as he completes his exercises.

The first person to detect an anomalous situation was the owner of the property, located at Calle 496 and 16 in the town of Gonnet of La Plata. The man discovered that Sciarretta’s truck had been parked in the club’s parking lot during the night and searched further.

The athlete was found in the field 3. In this context, the emergency health services (SAME) were immediately notified and on arrival on the spot they verified that the man no longer presented vital signs.

Sciarretta, born on March 13, 1977, had defended in two halves the colors of the club that formed him as a player and was currently part of the technical staff of the minor divisions of La Plata Rugby Club. was responsible for category M11where he directed one of his two sons.

With that entity won the 1998 Federal Cup, and was also part of the squad that played in the URBA Top 14 final in 2010. Furthermore, he had a spell in Italian rugby, where he wore the shirts of Parma and the national team of that country. His retirement took place in 2018, at the age of 41.

The “Gladiator”, as he was nicknamed, had extolled his love for the club in a note granted to the newspaper The day of the capital Buenos Aires, more than a decade ago, before playing that decisive match against SIC.

“We are fans, trained inside. I can think of images of children, young people, these are things that move me. The coaches I had, the training as a player and above all as a person ”, he said that he grew up in a territory close to the institute.

Last year his family suffered the loss of Marcos, the eldest of six Sciarretta brothers, who died after contracting the coronavirus.

Pain in the club and in the rugby environment

La Plata Rugby Club released a statement this Tuesday afternoon in which dismissed Sciarretta “with great pain” as well as expressing his condolences “to his sons Fausto and Felicitas”.

“He always remained tied to rugby, accompanying the Club’s Primera, or actively integrating the senior teams with Pumas Classic. He has currently spread his passion for the game to the youngest, as a father and part of the Club’s M11 coaching team. See you always Paraguayan! “, La Plata Rugby Club posted on his Instagram account.

In parallel, Julio Garro also released a public statement. “A big hug to Augusto Sciarretta and all his family in this difficult moment. My deepest condolences to all his friends and to the members of the La Plata Rugby Club”, wrote the mayor of La Plata.

Club San Isidro has also fired the former rugby player. “Deep sadness for Pablo. We accompany his family, his friends and the entire La Plata Rugby Club in this time of pain, “reflected the entity of the northern suburbs on his Twitter account.

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