Tenerife Forward Dies After Collision With Goalkeeper in Match in Spain
Jesús de Miguel, 30, suffered cardiorespiratory arrest in a match against Andorra and did not survive in the ICU.
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Tenerife forward Jesús de Miguel, 30, died on Tuesday (3), hours after colliding with the Andorra goalkeeper in a Spanish second-division match, according to Folha.
The incident happened in the final minutes of the game on Monday (2). As he prepared to control a ball in midfield, the forward was hit by Jesús Owono, who had come out to clear the ball. De Miguel stayed down on the pitch, and the Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium fell silent.
According to the Spanish press, the player suffered cardiorespiratory arrest and was resuscitated. The referee suspended the match, and the athlete was taken by ambulance to the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria University Hospital, where he was put in the ICU.
An initial bulletin described him as "stable given the seriousness." A second statement, released in the early hours of Tuesday, reported a neurological worsening. In a statement, Tenerife mourned the "tragic death" and expressed solidarity with the family.
A native of Madrid, De Miguel began at Leganés in 2015 and played for seven other Spanish clubs.