Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo died on Tuesday night days after he collapsed on the field. A hospital said he « cardiorespiratory arrest associated with his cardiac arrhythmia »
Juan Izquierdo, a Uruguayan soccer player who played for Nacional, died on Tuesday days after he collapsed during a Copa Libertadores match in Brazil. He was 27.
Izquierdo died at Hospital Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo following « cardiorespiratory arrest associated with his cardiac arrhythmia », according to officials.
Doctors said earlier in the week he was put into neurological critical care because of increased intracranial pressure.
