Jorge Bontemps
Encyclopedia
Jorge Alberto Bontemps was an Argentine
football
defender.
before moving to Club Atlético Huracán
in 2004.
On 13 April 2010 he died of lung cancer
in the José María Cullen hospital in Santa Fe.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
defender.
Club career
Bontemps started his career in 1999 with Colón de Santa FeColón de Santa Fe
Club Atlético Colón, commonly referred to as Colón de Santa Fe, is a football team from Santa Fe, Argentina. As of Primera División Argentina 1946 the football squad plays in the highest division of Argentine football, and has done so continuously since 1995-96...
before moving to Club Atlético Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán
Club Atlético Huracán is a sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The football team currently plays in the Primera B Nacional, the second level of the Argentine football league system. Huracán home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó.Huracán was...
in 2004.
Illness and death
Since 2006 Bontemps has been sidelined by disease and has not made any appearances for the first team.On 13 April 2010 he died of lung cancer
Lung cancer
Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
in the José María Cullen hospital in Santa Fe.