Raúl Guerrón

Raúl Guerrón
Personal information
Full name	Raúl Fernando Guerrón Méndez
Date of birth	12 October 1976
Place of birth	Atuntaqui, Imbabura, Ecuador
Date of death	1 June 2026 (aged 49)
Place of death	Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–2008	Deportivo Quito
1998	→ Universidad Católica (loan)
2005	→ Barcelona de Guayaquil (loan)
2008	Universidad Católica
International career
2000–2004	Ecuador
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raúl Fernando Guerrón Méndez (12 October 1976 – 1 June 2026) was an Ecuadorian professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent most of his career with Deportivo Quito.

Biography

Guerrón played for the Ecuador national team and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

He was the older brother of Ecuador international footballers Joffre Guerrón and Hugo Guerrón.^[2]^[3]

Guerrón died on 1 June 2026 in Quito, at the age of 49, having suffered from stomach cancer.^[4]^[5]

References

1 2 Raúl Guerrón at WorldFootball.net
↑ Guerrero, Santiago (26 January 2017). "Joffre Guerrón apareció por Ponciano para ver la Noche Blanca" [Joffre Guerrón appeared for Ponciano to see the White Night]. El Comercio (in Spanish).
↑ "Guerrón, el hombre clave en el esquema de Bauza" (in Spanish). La Hora. 6 March 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
↑ "Luto en el fútbol ecuatoriano: Falleció Raúl Guerrón, mundialista en 2002" [Mourning in Ecuadorian football: Raúl Guerrón, who played in the 2002 World Cup, has died]. El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 1 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
↑ "Muere Raúl Guerrón, exjugador de la Selección de Ecuador, a los 49 años" [Raúl Guerrón, former Ecuador international, has died at the age of 49]. Primicias (in Spanish). 1 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.

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[wf-1] 1 2 Raúl Guerrón at WorldFootball.net

[2] Guerrero, Santiago (26 January 2017). "Joffre Guerrón apareció por Ponciano para ver la Noche Blanca" [Joffre Guerrón appeared for Ponciano to see the White Night]. El Comercio (in Spanish).

[3] "Guerrón, el hombre clave en el esquema de Bauza" (in Spanish). La Hora. 6 March 2008. Retrieved 11 September 2019.

[4] "Luto en el fútbol ecuatoriano: Falleció Raúl Guerrón, mundialista en 2002" [Mourning in Ecuadorian football: Raúl Guerrón, who played in the 2002 World Cup, has died]. El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 1 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.

[5] "Muere Raúl Guerrón, exjugador de la Selección de Ecuador, a los 49 años" [Raúl Guerrón, former Ecuador international, has died at the age of 49]. Primicias (in Spanish). 1 June 2026. Retrieved 2 June 2026.

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