File photograph of Juan Izquierdo© Twitter
Uruguayan footballer Juan Izquierdo of the Nacional membership died in Brazil Tuesday, 5 days after collapsing from a coronary heart assault throughout a match in opposition to Sao Paolo, his workforce introduced late Tuesday. The 27-year-old collapsed within the 84th minute of a match for a spot within the quarterfinals of the Copa Libertadores — essentially the most prestigious membership event in Latin America. He was taken by ambulance to the Albert Einstein Hospital, the place physicians mentioned he suffered “cardiac arrest of undetermined onset, secondary to an arrhythmia.”
Izquierdo, who was sedated and on a ventilator, later suffered “a development of mind involvement and a rise in intracranial stress,” the hospital mentioned. “With the deepest ache and shock in our hearts, the Club Nacional de Football publicizes the dying of our beloved participant Juan Izquierdo,” Nacional wrote on the social community X, in a message accompanied by a black and white {photograph} of the athlete. Izquierdo’s spouse Selena gave start to his second little one every week in the past.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino:
I’m deeply saddened to study of the tragic passing of Uruguayan footballer Juan Izquierdo. On behalf of FIFA and the complete footballing group, I want to categorical my honest condolences to his household and mates, to the Uruguayan… pic.twitter.com/BIiz74qcYV
— FIFA Media (@fifamedia) August 28, 2024
On Monday it emerged that the participant had been recognized with “a small arrhythmia” a decade in the past throughout routine check-ups of youth groups, based on the director of the National Sports Secretariat, Sebastian Bauza.
Club president Alejandro Balbi mentioned Izquierdo “had by no means proven any cardiac episode” throughout examinations on the membership, which he joined in January this yr. Izquierdo was born in Montevideo in 1991 and commenced his profession in 2017, taking part in in a number of first-division Uruguayan golf equipment. He additionally performed for Atletico San Luis in Mexico.
