Argentina's 2003 U-20 national team goalkeeper Gustavo Eberto
died on Monday due to testicular cancer at the age of 24.
Eberto's death triggered Argentine soccer to mourn. He had been
hospitalized in Buenos Aires in recent days.
Eberto celebrated his 24th birthday on August 30 and debuted in
Boca Juniors soccer club in 2003, the year he and Argentina became
champions in the U20 South American Soccer Championship in Uruguay
after defeating Colombia 1-0.
Eberto's life changed abruptly in early 2006 after he was
diagnosed with testicular cancer.
"I do not have ill feelings, nor anger with life nor with God,"
Eberto said in an interview in his native Corrientes city when he
talked about his illness.
"This can happen to anybody and it happened to me. I am ready to
fight and I will do so all my life, and this will probably make me
stronger for future problems," Eberto said.
Eberto became a Talleres de Cordoba second-category Argentine
soccer star in 2006.
(Xinhua News Agency September 4, 2007)