Former AEL and Lamia footballer Matías Acuña commits suicide

Matías Acuña, a 33-year-old Uruguayan footballer, was recovered dormant connected Saturday, January 4, successful a edifice successful Ecuador. Reports bespeak that helium took his ain life. He was a begetter of 2 daughters.

Acuña, who played successful Greece for AEL and Lamia, was a subordinate of Ecuadorian nine Mushuc Runa and had started pre-season grooming for the caller play successful Ambato, Ecuador.

“We, arsenic a club, volition supply each indispensable enactment to facilitate the repatriation of the body. Everyone astatine Mushuc Runa is devastated by this,” said Luis Chango, the president of the shot club, successful a connection to PRIMICIAS.

Accusations of Domestic Violence

In December 2024, Acuña had been accused of home unit by his erstwhile partner. Following a prosecutor’s decision, helium was required to deterioration an physics monitoring bracelet.

In effect to this decision, Acuña made a station connected Instagram, stating:
“I indispensable archetypal pass you wherefore they enactment the physics bracelet connected me. The justice explained to maine that it’s a precautionary measure, not due to the fact that I’m guilty. That’s however the laws successful this state work.”

He added, “I person 2 daughters, and I privation them to beryllium respected and cared for arsenic they should be. I was calved of a woman! I person thing much to say, and this is the past happening I volition constitute astir what’s happening. A large hug, and convey you to those who are determination for me!”

Acuña denied the accusations and claimed that the incidental allowed him to extremity a toxic narration that had lasted for years.

His Career successful Greece and Sudden Departure

Matías Acuña played for AEL from January 2021 to February 2022, scoring 9 goals successful 37 appearances.

He returned to Greece successful July 2023 to articulation PAS Lamia and played successful the Super League 1. Wearing the Lamia jersey, helium appeared successful 16 matches earlier leaving the squad successful January 2024 for idiosyncratic reasons.

“PAS Lamia 1964 announces the communal termination of the declaration with subordinate Matías Acuña. The Uruguayan striker, who joined the squad successful July 2023, made 16 appearances and scored 3 goals. He expressed a tendency to permission the nine for idiosyncratic reasons. Respecting his wish, we convey him for his publication and privation him each the champion successful his aboriginal career,” stated PAS Lamia successful an authoritative announcement regarding his departure.

After leaving Lamia, Acuña joined Phoenix successful Uruguay and aboriginal moved to Mushuc Runa successful Ecuador during the summertime of 2024.

Acuña’s Final Social Media Post

Just hours earlier taking his life, Matías Acuña posted a communicative connected his Instagram account:
“Make money, due to the fact that wealth doesn’t go scarce overnight,” the station read.

AEL’s Tribute

Shortly aft the quality of his death, AEL issued a connection expressing their condolences:
“Everyone astatine AEL is shocked by the quality of Matías Acuña’s death. We widen our heartfelt condolences to his family.
Matías, we volition ne'er hide you…”

His Last Interview

A fewer hours earlier his death, Matías Acuña gave an on-camera interrogation astatine the airdrome upon arriving successful Ecuador.

“I’m blessed to beryllium here. I’m looking guardant to the archetypal grooming league truthful we tin hole good and get person to achieving the club’s goals, which see a palmy planetary and home tournament.”

He continued, “Our ambition is wide – we each privation to win successful some planetary and section tournaments. The coaching unit has won a lot, and that winning mentality is contagious.

The nine is well-organized, and they enactment me, which is important for a player. It makes maine consciousness good.

Of course, the fiscal facet matters because, successful the end, we are present to work. But I indispensable besides item the radical wrong the club, who marque maine consciousness precise comfy and respected,” helium said during his past nationalist appearance.