Former Argentine soccer player Javier Yacuzzi died at the age of 43

Former Argentine soccer player Javier Jacuzzi He died at the age of 43 in Mexico, where he worked as an assistant to his compatriot Mauro Gerko, the coach of Querétaro, the club reported yesterday.

“Forever in our hearts. Fly high, Yacu. Rest in peace. Thank you for absolutely everything,” Querétaro wrote. Yacuzzi has been part of Gerko’s work team since joining the Querétaro bench for the Apertura 2022 tournament.

Local press versions indicate that Yacuzzi, born in Buenos Aires, died in Querétaro in catch an unidentified viruspreparing the team for the Clausura tournament that will start at the end of next June.

The former lateral helped to rebuild the club, one of the lowest-budget among the 18 in the Mexican first division. In the last tournament, he finished in 10th place, which is the best Gerk has achieved since he has been in charge.

Tijuana was the only team Yacuzzi played for outside of Argentina. In his country, he played for Platense, Tigre, Gimnasia y Esgrima, Tiro Federal, Arsenal de Sarandí, Huracán, Rosario Central, Defensa y Justicia and PEF Matienzo, from which he retired in 2017.

His greatest success as a footballer came in 2017, when he won the Copa Sudamericana title with Arsenal de Sarandí.

After hanging up his boots, in 2019 and until 2021 he worked as a technical assistant at Racing Club, and from 2022 he supported Gerko, with whom he met as a Tijuana footballer.