The former professional footballer New Pelayoknown for having played for Albacete and Oviedo, died on Tuesday February 28 at La Corredoría after beinghit by a train which covered the Oviedo-Sierno road, as reported by Cadena Ser.
The accident that ended the athlete’s life happened around 7:55 p.m. and, although the 112 emergency services and SAMU quickly moved to the scene, the toilets they were unable to save the 32-year-old’s life.
Novo was well known in the world of professional football, to which he devoted his life until 2018, when he suffered a serious accident falling from the third floor of the Albba hotel in Huesca, where he was concentrating with his Albacete Football team.
This event forever changed the course of his life, since, after staying admitted for more than 50 days to the Zaragoza hospital and as many months at the Toledo Paraplegics Center, Pelayo managed to regain mobility in his entire body except for his legs, which required him to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair that accompanied him until at the time of his death. his death.
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But, even if the road has become difficult for the footballer, Pelayo never stopped fighting and improving. The Asturian drew his strength from within and decided to continue devoting himself to his great passion: sport. Pelayo changed football for wheelchair tennis and in this modality he managed to occupy number 12 in the ranking of our country.
“If the injury had been higher I would have lost mobility in more parts of the body. At the moment I have no mobility in my feet, ankles and buttocks, but the secret is to think about what you can do,” said the athlete. explained to El stringer du Cadena Ser as he had already recovered from the fall and focused on his next challenge.
The sports world says goodbye to Pelayo Novo
Pelayo has left his mark on the world of Spanish sport and since the news of his death made the headlines, countless personalities and teams have wanted to publicly say goodbye to him and send their condolences to his family.
We deeply regret the passing of our former player Pelayo Novo at 32 years old.
He will forever be remembered by the Cordobesistas, since one of his crosses made us ‘touch the sky at Las Tendillas’.
Our sincere condolences to family and friends. #DEP pic.twitter.com/p1f4lHfZsP— Cordoba CF (@CordobaCF_ofi) February 28, 2023
He Real Oviedo, the home that saw him grow up and where Pelayo chaired a non-profit foundation, caused all members of the club to be “heartbroken” and observed a minute of silence this Wednesday during training of the team in his memory; Córdoba CF mourned his death, assuring that as a former player of his club, the Cordobesistas will never forget him; and, for its part, LaLiga also wished to send its condolences to the family of the ex-footballer, echoing the statement of the Asturian club with which Pelayo has always maintained links.