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.
The 30-year-old is sadly not a unique case of a player dying either on the pitch or because of an injury sustained during the match.
AFP Sport highlights five such fatalities:
Marc-Vivien Foe, June 2003
Cameroon midfielder Foe collapsed after a heart attack during a Confederations Cup semi-final against Colombia in Lyon, France.
The former Manchester City, West Ham and Lyon player was carried from the pitch as medical staff tried to revive him with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and oxygen.
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