Five football players who died after collapsing on the field

For almost one hour, the world of Football watched in

horror and shock as one of the most talented midfielders

of this generation, Christian Eriksen, lay motionless on

the football pitch in front of his home crowd. Teammates

surrounded him, medical professionals gave him CPR

and as tears flowed from the eyes of his teammates,

every football fan started thinking about the worst:

seasoned football fans have seen this in the past and

the outcome has almost never been nice.

However, at the time of filing this report, we can confirm

that Christian Eriksen has stabilised , is under the best

possible medical care and most importantly, alive. The

match, which we had almost forgotten about, will start

again. This can only mean that Eriksen has recovered

enough for his teammates are assured of his safety.

Other footballers, however, were not so lucky.

Marc Vivian Foe

Marc Vivian Foe was a Cameroonian footballer who

played for Manchester City. In June 2003, his team

faced Colombia in France during an international

tournament. In the 72nd minute of the match, Foé

collapsed in the centre circle he was stretchered off the

field after failed attempts to resuscitate him on the pitch.

Even though he was still alive upon arrival at the

stadium’s medical centre, he died shortly afterwards.

An autopsy concluded that Foé’s death was heart-related

as it discovered evidence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy,

a hereditary condition known to increase the risk of

sudden death during physical exercise.

Antonio Puerta

Sevilla and Spain wing-back Antonio Puerta has died at

the tender age of 22 after collapsing against Getafe on

Saturday. Puerta collapsed after jogging towards his own

goal, just 35 minutes into the opening league game of

the season at the Sánchez Pizjuán on Saturday.

He died three days later from multiple organ

failure stemming from prolonged cardiac arrest.

Phil O’Donnell

Phil O’ Donnel was the Motherwell captain and died of

heart failure during a match against Dundee United in

December 2007. The 35-year-old midfielder had a

wonderful career and played for Scotland, Celtic and

Sheffield Wednesday in his career. He collapsed just as

he was about to be substituted.

Cristiano Jr.

Junior’s death was one of the most tragic . Cristiano

Sebastião de Lima Júnior arrived in India in 2003 and

signed for East Bengal ahead of the new National

Football League season.

After a wonderful season with East Bengal, he joined

Goan club Dempo. In October 2004, during a match

against Mohun Bagan goalkeeper, he collided with the

goalkeeper trying to score his second goal after chasing

the ball into the box. He never got up. There were no

doctors on the pitch or in the stadium to help him, and

at just 25, Cristiano left us forever.

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