Juan Izquierdo, a Uruguayan soccer player who fainted on the field during a game in Brazil last week, died on Tuesday, his team confirmed.
Izquierdo, 27, was playing for Uruguayan club Nacional in the Copa Libertadores, a premier South American event, when he collapsed due to cardiac arrhythmia, or an abnormal heartbeat, on August 22, according to his squad.
They competed against the Brazilian team São Paulo.
Players from both teams appeared shocked and distressed at the Morumbi stadium as Izquierdo was placed in an ambulance and rushed to a hospital.
Nacional said doctors at a hospital in São Paulo put Izquierdo in intensive care and placed him on a ventilator.
The episode also affected his brain.
Izquierdo started his professional career in 2018. This was his second stint for Nacional, one of Uruguay’s top soccer clubs.
He was married with two children, according to the Montevideo-based team
