Balanta expands the list of footballers killed in action

The football world has to go back to mourn the death of a footballer. The Colombian Andres Balanta22 years old, yesterday he suffered a heart condition while training with Atlético Tucumán and medical services could not save his life.

In Spain the followers of Seville and of spanish still remembered in every game in their respective stadiums Anthony Gate Y Dani Jarque, died of heart problems. The door is dead August 28, 2007at the age of 22, three days after passing out on the pitch of Sanchez Pizjuan in a match between his team and the Getafe.

Two years later, the August 8, 2009, Dani Jarque diedafter Spanish captainwith a 26-year-old, because of a heart attack he suffered while talking on the phone in a hotel room in Coverziano (Italy).

A few years ago, at June 2003the Cameroonian midfielder of City of Manchester English marc vivien enemywho suffered a cardiac arrest during a match between his team and the Colombia in the semifinals of Confederations Cupin Lyons (France).

In January 2004 died in Guimaraes (Portugal) the international hungary Benfica Miklos Feher24 years old, due to pulmonary thromboembolism, in a league match between his team and the victory of Guimaraes.

Also among those who died were Anthony of NigrisMexican soccer player larisa greek31 years old, who died in 2009; Greg MertensBelgian Under-19 international and player for Sporting de Lockerenwho died in 2015; either patrick26-year-old Cameroonian and player of Bucharest Dynamowho died in 2016.

Also the captain of Fiorentina david astoriwho died in March 2018 in the hotel room Udine (Italy) where he was before playing a league match; The Referee Victor Hugo Hurtado32 years old, died in May 2019 when he directed a party of Professional Division of Boliviain The tall one; either Jairzinho Pieter31 years old, goalkeeper of Curaçao national teamwho had a heart attack while concentrating on Prince Port to play against Haiti.

REQUIREMENTS TO LEAVE FOOTBALL

Other soccer players have had to leave soccer because of health problems, almost always of the heart.

This is the Argentine case Sergio Agüerowho announced his retirement in 2021, at age 33 and months after signing for Barcelonaafter they detect a cardiac arrhythmia.

Heart problems also eliminated the Spanish Iker Casillas, World and European champion with the Choosing Spanish and three times winner of Champions League with Real Madrid. Casillas suffered a heart attack during a training session with Portin May 2019when he was 37 years old, and announced his retired in August 2020after a year and three months of not playing.

Among those who left football was the French defender Lilian Thuram, diagnosed with a heart malformation at age 36; the Congolese Fabrice Muamba, who suffered cardiac arrest during an encounter in 2012 and was clinically dead within 78 minutes; English ryan mason, retired in 2018 a year after fracturing his skull in a match; or the Spanish Ruben of the Networkwho retired from football in 2008, aged 25, months after suffering syncope during a match in Copa del Rey.

Dane had better luck Christian Eriksenwho in June 2021 starred in a dramatic episode on eurocup when he fell on the grass parken from copenhagen after suffering a cardiac arrest in a match against Denmark Y Finland.

Eriksen he recovered, an automatic defibrillator (ICD) was implanted, and he returned to the pitch seven months after his serious accident. In March of this year He returned to the Danish team and two minutes after entering the field he scored a goal. Now he is in Qatar, playing the World Cup.