SAO PAULO (AP) — Soccer player Juan Izquierdo has died days after collapsing during a game in Brazil, his Uruguayan club and South American football’s governing body said Tuesday. He was 27.
The club, Nacional, posted a statement on social media saying Izquierdo’s death is felt “in deep pain and impact in our hearts” and “all Nacional is in grief for his irreplaceable loss.”
South American soccer’s governing body also posted a tribute to Izquierdo. CONMEBOL president Alejandro Domínguez says he’s “deeply sorry about the early departure of Juan Izquierdo.”
Izquierdo was taken to a hospital in Brazil after he collapsed during a Copa Libertadores soccer match at Sao Paulo last Thursday.
Hospital Albert Einstein said in a statement that Izquierdo had “cardiorespiratory arrest associated with his cardiac arrhythmia.”
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