Overview

• Ronaldo Arias was found unresponsive in his bedroom on July 24 after skipping Sportivo Peñarol’s workout and was later pronounced dead at Hospital Rawson.
• The promising 20-year-old had paused his season earlier this year for cardiac evaluations and resumed playing once cleared by specialists.
• The judicial inquiry by the UFI Delitos Especiales aims to determine whether an undetected heart condition or other factors led to his sudden death.
• Sportivo Peñarol, San Martín de San Juan and other local clubs suspended activities and issued statements mourning his talent and character.
• Arias rose from youth stints at Asociación Deportiva Albardón and Deportivo Rincón through San Martín de San Juan’s academy before joining Sportivo Peñarol.