Shit eh.....
Uruguay striker has leg amputated
September 26, 2006 - 10:59AM
Uruguay striker Dario Silva, who played against Australia in the World Cup qualifier at home last year, has had his lower right leg amputated following a car crash.
Silva suffered an exposed fracture of the leg after the accident on Montevideo's main seafront avenue on Sunday, when his pick-up truck collided with a lamppost.
"The doctor has spoken to us and told us that they had to amputate the leg because it was a threat to his life," his mother Doris Pereira said in a radio interview on Monday.
Silva is in an induced coma in the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Montevideo.
He played for English Premier League side Portsmouth last year and was out of contract.
The 33-year-old striker began his career with local side Defensor Sporting and then joined more fashionable Penarol.
He moved to Europe in 1995 to play for Italy's Cagliari and has since played for Espanyol, Malaga and Sevilla in Spain as well as Portsmouth.
Silva made 49 appearances for Uruguay between 1995 and 2005, scoring 14 goals, and played at the 2002 World Cup when Uruguay were knocked out in the first round.
His last international appearance was in the match against Australia last year.
Reuters
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