List of association footballers who died while playing

The following is a list of association footballers who died while playing a game, died directly from injuries sustained while playing, or died after being taken ill on the pitch. Following an increase in deaths,^[1] both during matches and training, FIFA (Federation of International Football Associations) considered mandatory cardiac testing,^[2] already in place for years in some countries, such as Italy.^[3]

By 2009, FIFA player PCMA (Pre-Competition Medical Assessment) included family history, heart rhythm, sounds, and ECG (electrocardiogram) results.^[4] UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) required extensive medical tests, including ECG (electrocardiogram) and echo (echocardiogram) for players in the Europa League 2011–12.^[5] Constant monitoring has been advised.^[6]

Date	Name	Age	Team	Notes
13 January 1889	William Cropper	26	Staveley	Ruptured bowel in a match against Grimsby Town led to death the next day.
11 January 1892	James "Daddy" Dunlop	21	St Mirren	Tetanus from fall on piece of glass in a friendly game against Abercorn led to death ten days later, at the age of 21.[7]
25 May 1896	James Logan	25	Loughborough F.C.	Pneumonia while playing.
29 November 1896	Joe Powell	25	Woolwich Arsenal	Blood poisoning and tetanus after breaking his arm against Kettering Town in 1896.
January 1900	James Collins		Sheppey United	Tetanus caused by on-field injury.[8]
27 August 1902	Di Jones	35?	Manchester City	Gashed knee turned septic led to death.
27 October 1906	David "Soldier" Wilson	23	Leeds City	Heart attack while playing against Burnley, probably from heavy smoking. He attempted to return to the field of play even when in great pain.[9]
8 April 1907	Tommy Blackstock	25	Manchester United	Collapsed after heading a ball in a game against St. Helens and died.
January 1908	Frank Levick	26	Sheffield United	Pneumonia during recovery from collar bone broken playing against Newcastle United on New Years Day 1908. Attending Dr Selby of Attercliffe (Sheffield) noted heart failure at 1:40pm on 1 February 1908 at his father's house on 125 Plumpers Road Tinsley Sheffield[10]
29 December 1909	James Main	23	Hibernian	Fatal stomach injuries during a Christmas Day match in 1909 against Partick Thistle at Firhill on a frostbound pitch, after colliding with a Thistle player, led to death four days later.
19 February 1916	Bob Benson	33	Arsenal	Burst blood vessel following a wartime game against Reading.[11][12]
7 January 1921	Horace Fairhurst	27	Blackpool	Head injury in a league game at Barnsley in December 1920; died as a result of his injury early in the new year.
22 May 1921	Nikola Gazdić		Hajduk Split	Late stage tuberculosis after a game against Građanski Zagreb, Hajduk's greatest rival at the time.[13]
14 November 1921	Joshua Wilkinson	24	Dumbarton	Goalkeeper who died from peritonitis two days after a "particularly rough" game against Glasgow Rangers.[14]
11 November 1923	Tom Butler		Port Vale	Died from tetanus eight days after fracturing his arm in a match.
4 April 1927	Albert Van Coile	27	Cercle Brugge	Perforated bowel after a collision with an opponent. Died one day later.
3 May 1927	David Arellano	24	Colo-Colo	Peritonitis after being hit by an opposing player during the match. Shortly after the incident Arellano was brought to a nearby clinic where he ultimately died.
30 April 1927	Sam Wynne	30	Bury	Collapsed and died on the field of pneumonia during a match against Sheffield United, although Bury claim it was a cerebral hemorrhage.[15]
5 September 1931	John Thomson	22	Celtic	Injured during an Old Firm match when he dived for the ball and suffered a fractured skull in an accidental collision with Rangers' Sam English. He died that same evening.
17 June 1933	Jón Kristbjörnsson	22	Valur	A goalkeeper who collided with a striker from KR Reykjavik and suffered a head injury in the last game of the Icelandic League on 13. June 1933. Was taken to hospital, where he died from his injuries on 17 June 1933.[16]
1 December 1934	Sim Raleigh	25	Gillingham	Died after a clash of heads with Brighton & Hove Albion's Paul Mooney in a game, who subsequently retired.
5 February 1936	Jimmy Thorpe	22	Sunderland	A diabetic, when playing as goalkeeper he collapsed into a coma from which he never recovered, attributed to the rough treatment he received on the pitch in a game against Chelsea. His death lead to the rule that players were no longer able to kick the ball out of the goalkeeper's arms.
20 February 1949	Gustav Fähland		TSV Braunschweig	Internal bleeding a few days after a collision with an opposing player in a match between his club TSV Braunschweig (a temporary name for Eintracht Braunschweig) and SV Werder Bremen on 13 February 1949.[17]
1 April 1951	Mitotônio	35	Ceará	Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to stomach congestion.[18]
August 1953	John Kirkby	23	Wrexham	Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to a Cardiac arrest.[19]
14 July 1963	Constantin Tabarcea	26	Petrolul Ploieşti	Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to unusual activity of the thymus gland.[20]
25 February 1967	Tony Allden		Highgate United	Struck by lightning during an FA Amateur Cup quarterfinal against Enfield.[21]
1 July 1973	Nikola Mantov	23	FK Osogovo	Heart attack in the 10th minute of a league game against FAS 11 Oktomvri.[22]
16 December 1973	Pavão	26	F.C. Porto	Heart attack during a league game.[23]
18 May 1977	Tony Aveyard	21	Scarborough	Head injuries received during match.[24][25]
30 October 1977	Renato Curi	24	Perugia	Heart attack while playing in a Serie A match against Juventus. Perugia's ground is named after him.
23 September 1984	Erik Jongbloed		DWS Amsterdam	Struck by lightning during an exhibition game.[26] Son of Jan Jongbloed, goalkeeper of the Dutch national team in both the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cup Final.
15 January 1987	José Antonio Gallardo	25	CD Málaga	Collided with an opponent on 21 December away to Celta de Vigo, had life-saving surgery and returned home. Relapsed on 7 January with a cerebral haemorrhage and fell into an eight-day coma before dying.[27]
23 August 1987	Paulo Navalho	20	Atlético Clube de Portugal	Acute myocardial infarction during a friendly match between Atletico and the U.A.E.'s Al-Jazira Club.[28]
12 August 1989	Samuel Okwaraji	24	Nigeria	Collapsed and died while playing against Angola in a World Cup Qualifier. An autopsy showed that the 24-year-old had an enlarged heart and high blood pressure.
8 September 1990	David Longhurst	25	York City	Heart attack on the pitch while playing against Lincoln City. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.[29]
2 February 1993	Michael Klein	33	Bayer Uerdingen	Heart attack during a training session.
1 September 1993	Gabor Zsiboras	33	MTK	The goalkeeper collapsed into a coma in the training session of Hungarian national team. After a week he died.
30 April 1995	Mukandi Tsimaya	28	Atromitos F.C.	Received an elbow hit in the neck by an opponent player, during a match against Panelefsiniakos. He died before going to hospital.
25 August 1995	Michael Goddard		Dundela	Died during a game against Dungannon Swifts at Stangmore Park after being struck in the chest by the ball.[16]
29 October 1995	Amir Angwe	29	Julius Berger F.C.	Collapsed and died on the pitch of a heart attack.[30]
4 January 1997	Hedi Berkhissa	24	Esperance Sportive de Tunis	Heart attack in a friendly game against Olympique Lyonnais at Stade Chedli Zouiten
4 April 1997	Waheeb Jabara	23	Hapoel Taibe	Heart attack while playing against Bnei Yehuda.[31]
February 1998	Robbie James	40	Llanelli A.F.C.	Cardiomyopathy.
28 April 1998	Axel Jüptner	29	Carl Zeiss Jena	Died suddenly of a heart attack during training.
January 1999	Ferenc Biro	15	Nirajul Miercurea-Nir.	Died after a crossbar fell on his head during a warmup.[20]
24 July 1999	Stefan Vrăbioru	23	Astra Ploieşti	Undetected heart defect that led to his collapse.[20]
January 2000	Daniel Orbeanu	18	Caraimanul Buşteni	Died after an infection from a simple sprain, misdiagnosed by four different hospitals.[20]
February 2000	John Ikoroma	17	Al-Wahda S.C.C.	Collapsed on the pitch and later died in hospital.[32]
2 April 2000	Eri Irianto	26	Persebaya Surabaya	Died in hospital due to heart failure after a game between Persebaya and PSIM Yogyakarta.[33]
21 May 2000	Hocine Gacemi	24	JS Kabylie	Died from a fractured skull after clash of heads.[20]
30 May 2000	Ivan "Beli" Krstic	19	Radnički Niš	Struck by lightning during a training session, and was killed instantly.[34]
5 October 2000	Cătălin Hîldan	24	Dinamo Bucharest	Died while playing for Dinamo; In the 74th minute of a friendly game against Olteniţa, Hîldan had a heart attack, and fell to the ground. The North Stand of Dinamo's stadium is named in his honour.
29 August 2001	Serhiy Perkhun	23	CSKA Moscow	Injured in a collision with Budun Budunov who also sustained serious head trauma. He received a brain hemorrhage and died eight days later.
20 February 2002	Cristian Neamţu	21	Universitatea Craiova	Accidentally struck in the mandible by a teammate charging towards goal. Internal bleeding was discovered, before he died one week later.[20]
October 2002	Marcio Dos Santos	28	Deportivo Wanka	Dos Santos surfered an heart attack after a game of his Peruvian club Deportivo Wanka, which scored a goal by the 3:1 win over Alianza Lima.[35]
24 October 2002	Hernán Gaviria	32	Deportivo Cali	Struck by lightning during a training session, and was killed instantly.
27 October 2002	Giovanni Córdoba	24	Deportivo Cali	Struck by the same lightning that killed Hernán Gaviria, and died three days later from the injuries.[36]
December 2002	Stefan Toleski		FK Napredok	Collapsed during a match and later died in hospital.[37]
26 June 2003	Marc-Vivien Foé	28	Cameroon	Collapsed while playing in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final between his country and Colombia, and died shortly afterward in hospital. An autopsy later revealed the cause of death was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
9 August 2003	Ali Bakar	55	Malaysia and Penang	Suffered a heart attack and died on the field while playing in a charity football match in Singapore in 2003.[38]
25 January 2004	Miklós Fehér	24	Benfica	Cardiac arrest caused by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy while playing against Vitória.
29 February 2004	Danny Ortiz	27	CSD Municipal	Torn pericardium during a match against CSD Comunicaciones when he collided with Mario Rafael Rodríguez. He died later in hospital.
27 October 2004	Serginho	30	São Caetano	Sudden cardiac death during a Campeonato Brasileiro Série A match against São Paulo. His death motivated a revamping of practices in medical assistance from clubs and stricter preventative measures in sports grounds in Brazil.
5 December 2004	Cristiano Júnior	24	Dempo Sports Club	Collided with Mohun Bagan goalkeeper Subrata Paul in the 78th minute of the Federation Cup finals while scoring his second goal. He staggered away, then collapsed. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he was dead on arrival at Hosmat Hospital.
12 April 2005	Paul Sykes	28	Folkestone Invicta	Collapsed on the pitch 30 minutes into the game against Margate F.C. in the Kent Senior Cup Semi-Final. An undiagnosed heart defect was identified as the cause of his death.[39]
27 May 2005	Alin Paicu	32	Minerul Mătăsari	Collapsed after heading a ball. Died of a heart attack.[20]
12 June 2006	Rasmus Green	26	Næstved BK	Heart attack during a training session and was, despite revival attempts from team mates and a doctor, declared dead upon arrival at the local hospital. The number 7 was afterwards retired in his honor.[40]
30 August 2006	Mohamed Abdelwahab	23	Al-Ahly	Died from undetected heart defect during a training match.[41]
9 September 2006	Matt Gadsby	27	Hinckley United	Collapsed on the pitch during a Conference North game against Harrogate Town and died soon afterwards in Harrogate District Hospital. Medical tests revealed he died from a heart condition known as Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy.[42]
18 September 2006	Nilton Pereira Mendes	30	FC Shakhter Karagandy	Collapsed on the pitch during a training session with his club and died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. The Brazilian was a former top scorer and best player for the Kazakhstan Premier League.[43]
27 March 2007	Ivan Karačić	19	NK Široki Brijeg	Heart attack and died during a training match in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[44]
19 August 2007	Anton Reid	16	Walsall	Collapsed and died during youth team pre-season training. An inquest recorded a verdict of natural causes.[45]
28 August 2007	Antonio Puerta	22	Sevilla FC	Collapsed during a match against Getafe C.F.. He died later in hospital after several cardiac arrests. Autopsy revealed arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
29 August 2007	Chaswe Nsofwa	28	Hapoel Beersheba	Sudden heart failure during a training match against Maccabi Beersheba.
29 December 2007	Phil O'Donnell	35	Motherwell	Collapsed during his team's 5-3 win against Dundee United with what was later confirmed as left ventricular failure. He died on the way to hospital.[46]
9 February 2008	Guy Tchingoma	22	FC 105 Libreville	Died shortly after a league game against Union Sportive O'Mbila. During the match he collided with an opponent. He managed to finish the game, but collapsed after it and medics were unable to revive him.[47]
16 February 2008	Hervé King	27	Ringmer	Collapsed 17 minutes into a game against Three Bridges[48] of an undetermined cause (heart attack suspected).[49]
3 April 2008	Hrvoje Ćustić	24	NK Zadar	Collided with a concrete wall during a game against Cibalia and died in hospital 5 days later of severe head injuries[50]
31 May 2008	Rustem Bulatov	34	Torpedo SDYuSShOR Kaluga	Felt ill during a game, died later that day in a hospital.[51]
15 March 2009	Jumadi Abdi	26	PKT Bontang	Collapsed after an incident with Denny Tarkas during the match of his club PKT Bontang against Persela Lamongan. Denny kicked Jumadi's stomach when he was trying to get the ball. Jumadi died in hospital 8 days later of severe infection.[52]
3 April 2009	Víctor Hugo Ávalos	37	Villa Florida	Heart attack during a match against Salesianito. He died the next day.[53]
26 May 2009	Orobosan Adun	28	Warri Wolves FC	Before an away match with Enugu Rangers, Goalkeeper Adun of Warri Wolves FC, was assaulted by thugs suspected to be fans of the opposition team. Slumped and died 3 days later from internal haemorrhage, during a training session.[54]
8 Aug 2009	Daniel Jarque	26	RCD Espanyol	Cardiac arrest following a training session.[55]
15 November 2009	Maurizio Greco	25	TuS Güldenstern Stade	Collapsed during the match of his club TuS Güldenstern Stade against Lupo Martini Wolfsburg at Campers Höhe and died later in the hospital.[56]
24 January 2010	Yannick Dago	17	Arras Football	Collapsed during the match of his under-19 team club Arras Football against Etoile Sportive Anzin Saint Aubin and died later on a heart attack.[57]
6 March 2010	Endurance Idahor	25	Al-Merreikh	Collapsed during the match of his Sudanese club Al Merreikh against Alamal Atbara. He died in the ambulance. Autopsy report revealed that he suffered a circulatory collapse from a heart attack.
8 March 2010	Bartholomew Opoku	19	Kessben F.C.	Collapsed the day before while playing against league side Liberty. He was quickly taken to hospital and is understood to have stabilised overnight. His death was announced the next day by his club.[58]
May 2010	Goran Tunjić	32	Mladost FC	Heart attack during a 5th Division match. It was widely reported that Tunjić had been booked by the referee for diving,[59] though such reports were later refuted by some sources.[60]
2 May 2010	Ambrose Wleh	24	Invincible Eleven	Heart failure in a match against Mighty Barrolle. He came on as a substitute in the second half before collapsing in the center circle with no other players near him. He died shortly afterwards upon arrival to a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia.[61]
18 August 2010	Victor Omogbehin	22	Ilford F.C.	Collapsed during a league match. He played in the Isthmian Football League game from Ilford against the Lowestoft Town FC.[62]
8 May 2010	Wilson Mene	22	Prek Pra Keila	Collapsed during a league match. He played in Metfone Cambodian League at National Olympic Stadium.[63]
10 November 2010	Benjamin Owusu	21	Cavaliers FC Parakou	Collapsed while playing in Benin.[64]
12 December 2010	Emmanuel Ogoli	21	Ocean Boys F.C.	Collapsed on the pitch while playing a league match, and died later in hospital.[65]
12 April 2011	Lokissimbaye Loko	30	FC Beaumontois	Heart attack during a Ligue Midi-Pyrenees match.[66]
4 August 2011	Naoki Matsuda	34	Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.	Collapsed during training on 2 August 2011 due to a cardiac arrest after finishing a 15-minute warmup run, and doctors diagnosed his condition as "extremely severe". After two days, he died on 4 August.[67]
13 November 2011	Bobsam Elejiko	30	K. Merksem S.C.	Collapsed and died while playing a 5th tier match for K. Merksem S.C. against F.C. Exc. Kaart[68]
15 March 2012	D. Venkatesh	27	Bangalore Mars	Collapsed toward the end of the game; reports suggest cardiac arrest as the cause of death.[69]
14 April 2012	Piermario Morosini	25	Livorno	Collapsed during a Serie B game against Pescara. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.[70]
5 May 2012	Mohamed Lemine Ould M'Boye	?	ASC Nasr Zem Zem	Collapsed twenty minutes into a game against FC Legwareb-FC Trarza in a Mauritanian Premier League match. Died on arrival at hospital due to cardiac arrest. The game was postponed and replayed on 26 May, with Zem Zem winning 2-1.[71][72]
5 August 2012	Chinonso Ihelwere Henry	21	Delta Tulcea	Collapsed during a friendly game against FC Balotesti in the 86th minute, after having been brought on for 10 minutes only. With the temperature being 40 Celsius degrees, doctors tried reviving the Nigerian player for 30 minutes before declaring him dead. Apparently, he underwent health tests a week prior to his death with no signs of problems detected. The cause was of his death was heart failure.[73]
20 October 2012	Jaouad Akaddar	28	Hassania Agadir	Suffered a heart attack immediately after the end of a match.[74]
2 April 2013	Quentin Margueritte	25	USON Mondeville	Collapsed during a trainings session of his club USON Mondeville. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.[75]
20 April 2013	Dominik Rupp	23	FSV Hemmersdorf	Collapsed during a Saarlandliga game against Saar 05 Saarbrücken. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.[76]
16 May 2013	Berat Sacipi	31	SV Inter Itzehoe	Collapsed during a Kreisklasse A Steinburg game against ABC Wesseln. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.[77]
17 June 2013	Mohammad Fahad	32	Al-Sulaibikhat	In a non-official match played in May 2013, Mohammed Fahad got into collision with another player, causing him a severe bleeding in the brain and coma until the dawn of June 17, 2013, when he died.[78]
21 June 2013	Alen Pamić	23	NK Istra 1961	Collapsed during a retreat game for MNK Maružini, of a heart attack.[79]
21 July 2013	Yair Clavijo	18	Sporting Cristal	The 18-year-old footballer from Sporting Cristal died during a reserve match against Real Garcilaso on 20 June 2013.[80] The autopsy determined he died from a cerebral edema with brain herniation caused by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.[81][82]
27 July 2013	Sékou Camara	27	Pelita Bandung Raya	Collapsed on the field during his team's practice session in Bandung. He was rushed to the nearest hospital, but died on the way there. The cause of death was a heart attack.[83]
30 July 2013	Matthias Viereckl	19	SC Marchtrenk	Died in a friendly game against Union Steinhaus.[84]
17 November 2013	Alex Marques[85]	20	G.D. Tourizense	Cardiac arrest after seven minutes of the match between Tourizense and Carapinheirense.[86][87]
23 December 2013	Jamie Skinner	13	Tynecastle	Cardiac arrest during a game in the Saughton Park in Edinburgh.[88]
19 May 2014	Akli Fairuz	27	Persiraja	Died after colliding with opposition goalkeeper during a match in the Indonesian Premier League. Fairuz was substituted and admitted to hospital but died due to internal bleeding the next day.[89]
23 August 2014	Albert Ebossé Bodjongo	24	JS Kabylie	Hit by a projectile while leaving the pitch.[90] However a post-mortem examination showed he may have actually died from a severe beating.[91]
19 October 2014	Peter Biaksangzuala	23	Bethlehem Vengthlang	Died from spinal injuries that occurred as he landed awkwardly while celebrating a goal at 61 minutes against Chanmari West.[92][93]
10 November 2014	Dipak Adhikari		Abu Dhabi Police Force Team	The Nepalese born player and member of the Abu Dhabi Police's team died after collapsing during a match.[94]
30 April 2015	Gregory Mertens	24	Sporting Lokeren	Belgian footballer Gregory Mertens died of heart failure, three days after collapsing during a reserve team match against Genk having never regained consciousness after receiving CPR during the first half.[95]
11 May 2015	Tim Nicot	23	Beerschot-Wilrijk	Belgian footballer died of heart failure, only two weeks after Gregory Mertens, during a tournament game.[96]
14 May 2015	Emanuel Ortega	21	San Martín de Burzaco	Argentine footballer passes away after sustaining fatal head injury during match.[97]
24 May 2015	Cristian Gómez	27	Club Atlético Paraná	Argentine footballer died of heart failure during a Primera B Nacional match.[98]
31 May 2015	Shetemi Ayetigbo	16	Belvedere	During a Dublin & District Schoolboy League game against St Kevin's Boys, Ayetigbo, a Nigerian-Irish footballer collapsed and died.[99][100][101][102]
13 June 2015	David Oniya	30	T-Team	Nigerian footballer died in a friendly match in Malaysia.[103]
7 July 2015	Junior Dian	23	Tonbridge Angels	Collapsed in a pre-season friendly game.[104]
15 October 2015	Sergei Filippenkov	44	FC Zenit Penza	Died during a friendly match between veteran teams in Pensa.[105]
1 May 2016	Stefan Petrovski	18	Melaka United	Struck by lightning while training on 5 April, died in hospital.[106]
6 May 2016	Patrick Ekeng	26	Dinamo București	Collapsed in a match against FC Viitorul Constanța and was taken to hospital, where he died less than two hours later.[107]

See also

• List of entertainers who died during a performance

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External links

• Football deaths at Spartacus Educational