--- title: Player Killed In Argentina's 15th Soccer-Related Death of 2014 description: Soccer-related violence is a huge problem in the South American country canonical: https://time.com/3619700/argentina-soccer-death/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-12-05T06:18:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T02:36:16.201Z article:section: Sports og:title: Argentinian Soccer Player Killed og:description: His death is the 15th soccer-related casualty in the country this year. og:url: https://time.com/3619700/argentina-soccer-death/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87349dcf336bbee1/69876ce3cd1bba81f96f3f52/rtx16g4s.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: A fan of Argentine soccer team Boca Juniors confronts police during riots after celebrations of Boca Juniors Fan Day in Buenos Aires og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Argentinian Soccer Player Killed twitter:description: His death is the 15th soccer-related casualty in the country this year. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt87349dcf336bbee1/69876ce3cd1bba81f96f3f52/rtx16g4s.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Player Killed in Argentina's 15th Soccer-Related Death This Year > Sponsored content. 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A fan of Argentine soccer team Boca Juniors confronts police during riots after celebrations of Boca Juniors Fan Day in downtown Buenos Aires December 12, 2013.Marcos Brindicci—Reuters by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Dec 5, 2014 6:18 AM UTC An Argentine soccer player [died on Wednesday](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/9c61f3edfa834447b15d59feb55ab5a2/argentine-football-related-deaths-hit-15-year) after being attacked by a group of hooligans, an incident that highlights the South American country’s ever-present problem with violence around the sport. Franco Nieto was attacked Saturday as he was getting into to his car with his wife and one-month-old daughter, the Associated Press reported. Nieto, the captain of Rosario-based team Tiro Federal, had just finished playing a match against Buenos Aires club Chacarita Juniors in which eight players were ejected by the referee for fighting. The attackers punched and kicked the 33-year-old player before one of them hit him on the head with a stone, according to police in Aimogasta, some 750 miles northwest of the capital. He was taken to the hospital but succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday. Nieto’s demise raises the death toll from soccer-related incidents in Argentina to 15 this year, [according](http://salvemosalfutbol.org/lista-de-victimas-de-incidentes-de-violencia-en-el-futbol/) to an NGO called Salvemos al Football (Let’s Save Football). In a country where the sport is seen as a way out of poverty, and rags-to-riches stars like Diego Maradona and Carlos Tevez are revered, being a part of the Barras Bravas — the gangs that control the streets around stadiums — is considered almost as prestigious. The gangs, aside from carrying feuding with rival clubs, are also involved in the trade of illegal drugs and weapons as well as money laundering, [according](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-24129193) to the BBC. This often leads not just to incidents like Nietos death, but often to drive-by-shootings and gunfights in the streets. The Argentina Football Association has taken steps to curb soccer-related violence, including preventing those with criminal records from entering stadiums and even [banning away fans](http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-22864505) across the country. 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