Fabián Alberto O'Neill Domínguez (14 October 1973 – 25 December 2022) was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
He began and finished his career at Nacional, where he won the Uruguayan Primera División in his debut season in 1992.
Nicknamed "El Mago" ('The Wizard'),[1] O'Neill was described by Zinedine Zidane as the most talented teammate of his career.
[2][4] O'Neill began his professional career at Nacional in the Uruguayan Primera División playing in the first team between 1992 and 1995.
[11] As of December 2021, his son Favio was playing as a defensive midfielder for the under-19 team of Peñarol, Nacional's rivals;[16] as of June 2020, his middle child Martina was a field hockey player.
[1] In February 2017, O'Neill said that he lost his fortune of US$14 million on "slow horses, fast women and gambling", but that he did not regret becoming poor.
[11] O'Neill died on 25 December 2022, at age 49, in a Montevideo hospital, where he had been in intensive care with bleeding due to chronic liver disease.