Soccer player Maximiliano Rolón died this Saturday night, at the age of 27, along with his brother Ariel, in a traffic accident when the car in which they were traveling to the city of Rosario hit a treepolice sources reported.
The two players, who played for clubs in the Santa Fe town of Chabás, died from injuries sustained when the vehicle in which they were traveling along Route 33 collided with a tree near Pujato.
According to witnesses, the car crossed the lane and crashed “in the shoulder area” against a large tree, about 600 meters from where the toll station is located.
“Maxi” Rolón, who had worn the Arsenal de Sarandí jersey in the 2017 season (played 4 games) and was currently enlisting for Atlético Chabás of the Casildense Leaguedeveloped lower divisions in the FC Barcelona quarry, coming to play in the B team of the Blaugrana entity.
The attacking midfielder, twin brother of Leonardo (also a soccer player), was part of the Argentine U20 team that qualified as South American champion in Uruguay (2015).
Rolón also played for Lugo (Spain), Santos (Brazil), Coquimbo Unido (Chile) and Fuerza Amarilla (Ecuador), among other institutions.
#deeppain The @afa greatly regrets the physical loss of the young soccer player Maximiliano Rolón, who knew how to defend the colors of @Argentina in the youth teams and who became the South American Sub 20 champion in 2015.
Much strength to your family and loved ones. pic.twitter.com/pi6IM5Uiqo
— AFA (@afa) May 14, 2022
The Argentine Football Association (AFA) and the entities Barcelona and Arsenal, among others, made public their sorrow for the death of the footballer by publishing respectful posts, in which they lamented the physical loss of the young man and greeted his family and friends in the face of the tragedy. .
? Dismayed by the death of Maxi Rolón (1995), an FC Barcelona youth football player between 2010 and 2016. We express our deepest condolences and all our support to his family. Rest in peace pic.twitter.com/PZUEixkvoL
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_es) May 14, 2022
The investigation of the accident was left in the hands of the prosecutor of the Public Ministry of the Accusation of Casilda, Juan Pablo Baños, who will command the required expertise to determine the causes of the accident.
#ArsenalFootballClub deeply regrets the death of Maximiliano Rolón, former player of the institution, and sends its deepest condolences to family and friends.
Lots of strength! ?? pic.twitter.com/lottQyREpW
– Arsenal Football Club (@ArsenalOficial) May 14, 2022
