Football cost them their life: Five tragic cases

Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel died on Tuesday as a result of injuries he suffered in a sickening collision with FC Andorra's goalkeeper in a Spanish second division match.Juan Izquierdo, August 2024 The 27-year-old Uruguayan central defender suffered cardiac arrhythmia during his club Nacional's Copa Libertadores last 16 match with Brazilian outfit Sao Paulo FC. Taken to hospital, he died five days later of "cardio respiratory arrest associated with his cardiac arrhythmia".