{"id":51406,"date":"2025-10-14T17:11:34","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/nick-mangold-ex-jets-needs-kidney-transplant-appeals-to-community\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T17:11:34","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T21:11:34","slug":"nick-mangold-ex-jets-needs-kidney-transplant-appeals-to-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nfl\/nick-mangold-ex-jets-needs-kidney-transplant-appeals-to-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Mangold, Ex-Jets, Needs Kidney Transplant: Appeals to Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Nick Mangold, Former Jets Player, Needs a Kidney Transplant<\/h2>\n\nFormer New York Jets center Nick Mangold has made public his need for a kidney transplant due to chronic kidney disease diagnosed in 2006.\n\nMangold, 41 years old and a member of the Jets&#8217; Ring of Honor, shared his situation through social media and an official team statement.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cThis is not an easy message to share, but I want to be open about what&#8217;s happening with my health,\u201d Mangold stated.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Nick Mangold<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nMangold revealed that he has gone through a &#8220;difficult summer&#8221; and is currently on dialysis.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cI always knew this day would come, but I thought I would have more time,\u201d he commented.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Nick Mangold<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe former player also reported that he has no family members available to donate at this time, so he requested the support of the Jets community.\n\n&#8220;I need a kidney donor with blood type O,&#8221; she added.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2017%2F0405%2Fr196839_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nIf anyone is interested in donating, the website columbiasurgery.org\/kidney-transplant can be accessed and click on the link &#8220;I WANT TO DONATE MY KIDNEY&#8221;. Mangold&#8217;s full name is Nicholas Mangold and his date of birth is January 13, 1984.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cI am deeply grateful to anyone who considers donating,\u201d he expressed, thanking his family for their support.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Nick Mangold<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nMangold went on to say: &#8220;This situation has reminded me how fortunate I am to have such an incredible family, friends, and community behind me. Although it has been a difficult time, I remain positive and focused on the path ahead. I look forward to better days and getting back in shape soon. I&#8217;ll see you all very soon at MetLife Stadium.&#8221;\n\nSelected in the first round of the 2006 draft, Mangold quickly became one of the Jets&#8217; most beloved players. He earned the affection of teammates and fans thanks to his tenacity and approachable personality. He was selected for seven Pro Bowls and was named All-Pro twice. Mangold played his entire career with the Jets, from 2006 to 2016.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Mangold, Former Jets Player, Needs a Kidney Transplant Former New York Jets center Nick Mangold has made public his need for a kidney transplant due to chronic kidney disease diagnosed in 2006. Mangold, 41 years old and a member of the Jets&#8217; Ring of Honor, shared his situation through social media and an official [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[9814,9815,57,9816],"class_list":{"0":"post-51406","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-donor","9":"tag-kidney-transplant","10":"tag-new-york-jets","11":"tag-nick-mangold"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}