Ricardo Bitancort

Ricardo Bitancort (21 April 1972 – 1 March 2002) was a Uruguayan footballer.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bitancort and the second or maternal family name is Juárez.
Ricardo Bitancort
Personal information
Full name Ricardo Celestino Bitancort Juárez
Date of birth (1972-04-21)21 April 1972
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of death 16 March 2002(2002-03-16) (aged 29)
Place of death Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cerro Porteño
1990–1994 Danubio
1995 River Plate 0 (0)
1996 Nacional
1997 Cerro Porteño
1998 Villa Española
1999 Rampla Juniors
2000 Juventud de Las Piedras
International career
1993 Uruguay 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Bitancort made one appearance for the senior Uruguay national football team, a friendly against Germany on 13 October 1993.[1]

Death

Bittancort was stabbed to death by a teenager in Montevideo after a fight broke out at a dance.[2][3]

References
  1. "Ficha de Jugador de selección: Ricardo Bitancort". Tenfield. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
  2. El fútbol catracho de luto Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine - El Diario de Hoy (in Spanish)
  3. "El episodio de Cabañas es uno más" [The Cabañas episode is one more] (in Spanish). Ultimas Noticias. 1 February 2010.
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