The Danger of Football, or Death on the Soccer Field

Death in the football field in recent years, unfortunately, is no longer a rarity. One of the last resonant cases occurred with the footballer of the English club Tottenham Fabrice Muamba March 17, 2012 in a match against Bolton for the English Cup. At the 42nd minute of the match the player suffered a heart attack. The doctors managed to save the guy, but he had to start with football for good. Next in chronological order are presented ten most terrible cases, as a result of which there was death on the football field of the players themselves.

In 1977, the player of the Italian team Perugia Renato Curie in a match against Juventus rushed for the ball that the game was inserted by throwing an out, and then suddenly collapsed on the lawn, from where more alone did not rise. All attempts to return the guy to life to success did not. This was the first death of a football player on the football field of all registered. Based on the autopsy, it was concluded that the heart attack of a player who was only 24 years old was due to his chronic heart problems.

Eric Jongblad in 1984 died during a match for the Amsterdam team "DIC". The cause of the tragedy, which happened at the very end of the fight, was a lightning strike.

Nigerian footballer Samuel Okvaradzhi came to his native country only to participate in the games of the national team. In 1989, he was summoned to a duel against Angola. About ten minutes before the end of the meeting, Samuel fell in the middle of the field and died of heart failure.

In 2001, death on the football field overtook one of the most promising Ukrainian goalkeepers Sergei Perkhun, who at that time spoke for the Moscow club CSKA. A tragic event occurred in the match of the Russian championship against Anji from Makhachkala. After the collision with the attacking opponent Budun Budunov initially felt that the goalkeeper had a concussion, but on the way to the hospital his condition worsened, and after another ten minutes he died.

Thousands of fans at the stadium and millions of TV viewers at the TV screens witnessed the death of Cameroon midfielder Mark Vivienne Foë during the Confederations Cup match against Colombia in 2003. Twenty minutes before the end of the meeting, the player stopped his heart, and the attempts of physicians to run it were in vain.

In January 2004, during the Portuguese championship match between Benfica and Victoria Guimarãs, the striker, the Hungarian striker Miklos Feher, received a yellow card for breaking the rules, after which he smiled and collapsed onto the lawn. Despite the fact that doctors managed to launch the heart, it stopped forever in the hospital.

Antonio Puerta, who at that time was only 22 years old, was considered one of the most talented players in Spain. In 2007, during his match against Sevilla against Getafe, the defender felt ill at the 35th minute of the game, and then fell to the lawn. Physicians and other players managed to save the player, and he even left the field on his feet. Unfortunately, in the locker room he had another heart attack and Antonio died in three days.

The next resonant death on the football field occurred in 2007 with the Scotsman Phil O'Donnell. After he scored the winning goal for his Motherwell and ran to celebrate, he felt bad. Footballer died from life in the hospital.

In 2009, Czech defender Michal Jesek became the author of an own goal. When he was left lying on the grass, everyone thought that the player was just disappointed, but after a few seconds it turned out that this is another tragedy with a football player.

Croatian defender Goran Tunic died in 2010 as a result of a clash with an opponent in the match of the local championship. Then the referee thought it was a simulation, and even showed the player a yellow card to the player. A few minutes later, doctors arrived in time to conclude that he had a heart attack.

This is only a dozen tragedies. However sad it may be, death on football fields in recent years happens more often. In total, more than 60 resonance cases have been recorded, and how many still remain unknown, it remains only to guess.