Diego Mendieta

Diego Mendieta was a Paraguayan professional footballer who played as a forward. His death on 3 December 2012 reportedly caused by cytomegalovirus, an easily treatable disease, sparked international outrage after it was made known that his club refused to pay his hospital fees, thus resulting in his demise. The club also owed Mendieta an estimated US$12,500 in salaries which had prevented him from returning to his native Paraguay. The International Federation of Professional Footballers (FIFPro), a worldwide representative organisation for professional football players, dubbed his death as a "disgrace for football".

13 June 1980

Born on the same birth date (13 June 1980): Darius Vassell • Florent Malouda • Jamario Moon • Juan Carlos Navarro (basketball) • Markus Winkelhock

Born on the same birth day (13 June): Adrien Baillet • Bruno Frank • Danny Syvret • Eleanor Holmes Norton • Erwin Wilhelm Müller • Kat Dennings • Kerttu Niskanen • Lea Verou • Leonard Kleinrock • Manuel Clouthier • Natalie MacMaster • Nóra Köves • Pedro Strop • Riccardo Scimeca • Rolf Huisgen • Stuart Karppinen • Whitley Strieber

Born in the same month (June 1980): Amauri • Andrew Jones (racing driver) • Dan Ellis (ice hockey) • Darius Vassell • Elisa Rigaudo • Hamílton (footballer, born 1980) • Jeph Jacques • Jevgeni Novikov • Joey Yung • Michael Crocker • Minka Kelly • Ovie Mughelli • Sendy Rleal • Tara Platt