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Sevilla footballer Antonio Puerta has died from the heart attacks suffered last Saturday
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By h.b. - Aug 28, 2007 - 4:55 PM
The player had collapsed on the pitch during the first match of the season against Getafe last Saturday
The Sevilla football player Antonio Puerta has died.
The 22 year old left winger fell to the ground on the pitch at the club on Saturday during the first half of the first league match of the season against Getafe.
Originally attended to there by team mates Palop and Drago, as well as team doctors, he left the field on his own feet, but collapsed shortly afterwards suffering as many as nine heart attacks. It was known on Saturday that his life had only been saved then by the presence of a defibrillation machine at the Sevilla club.
Since then he has been in a critical condition, sedated and on assisted breathing in the Virgen del Rocio Hospital in Sevilla, but his condition worsened overnight and the hospital gave the announcement of his death just after 4pm this afternoon.
The team meanwhile had arrived in Athens ahead of a Champions League match against AEK Athens, which has now been postponed until Monday. In turn the club’s second match of the season against Osasuna has also been postponed.
The Sevilla team, led by the club’s president , José María Del Nido, had already planned to return home tonight.
Antonio Puerta was born in the Sevilla district of Nervión, very close to the Sevilla stadium, Sánchez Pizuan. He’s famous with the fans of the club for scoring the goal which saw them classify for the UEFA cup final for the very first time last year.
Antonio Puerta leaves an 8 month pregnant wife in Sevilla.
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Sevilla footballer Antonio Puerta has died from the heart attacks suffered last Saturday
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Sevilla player Antonio Puerta leaving the field on his own feet after his initial collapse on Saturday - Photo EFE
The Sevilla football player Antonio Puerta has died.
The 22 year old left winger fell to the ground on the pitch at the club on Saturday during the first half of the first league match of the season against Getafe.
Originally attended to there by team mates Palop and Drago, as well as team doctors, he left the field on his own feet, but collapsed shortly afterwards suffering as many as nine heart attacks. It was known on Saturday that his life had only been saved then by the presence of a defibrillation machine at the Sevilla club.
Since then he has been in a critical condition, sedated and on assisted breathing in the Virgen del Rocio Hospital in Sevilla, but his condition worsened overnight and the hospital gave the announcement of his death just after 4pm this afternoon.
The team meanwhile had arrived in Athens ahead of a Champions League match against AEK Athens, which has now been postponed until Monday. In turn the club’s second match of the season against Osasuna has also been postponed.
The Sevilla team, led by the club’s president , José María Del Nido, had already planned to return home tonight.
Antonio Puerta was born in the Sevilla district of Nervión, very close to the Sevilla stadium, Sánchez Pizuan. He’s famous with the fans of the club for scoring the goal which saw them classify for the UEFA cup final for the very first time last year.
Antonio Puerta leaves an 8 month pregnant wife in Sevilla.
Fans put up banners at the stadium in support of Antonio Puerta - 'Your goal changed our life - together we will fight for yours' - Photo EFE
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Readers' comments:
Morris Cohen
28 Aug 2007, 18:08
28 Aug 2007, 18:08
the familie from Antonio Puerta the netherlands are with you. We love you
succes and I will thinking on you I'll never forget Antonio puerta respect
4 all you.
mitza
28 Aug 2007, 22:58
28 Aug 2007, 22:58
imi pare foarte rau de antonio era 1 jucator bun
Joe
28 Aug 2007, 23:31
28 Aug 2007, 23:31
Our thoughts are with you at this sad time. May you find peace and
happiness again.
A Colorado (USA)footbal family.
A Colorado (USA)footbal family.
buzzer
28 Aug 2007, 23:43
28 Aug 2007, 23:43
so tragic antonio puerta was a class player who will be sadly missed i
send my love to his distraught family and friends and to all the sevilla
supporters from a very upset man utd fan xxx
SERGIO
29 Aug 2007, 00:57
29 Aug 2007, 00:57
so, so sad ...that's all
reza
29 Aug 2007, 06:58
29 Aug 2007, 06:58
khoda biamorzatesh
Manos
29 Aug 2007, 07:08
29 Aug 2007, 07:08
So unfair! Very tragic to see an athlete die! Courage to his family!
Athens Greece
Athens Greece
zawmoore
29 Aug 2007, 12:04
29 Aug 2007, 12:04
puerta is my favourite spanish player.i like his mentaly and physicaly. i
think so lacking of prematch medical check up. And may be risk of
playing.this is big tragic death.
I'll never forget Antonio puerta
moore in Burma
I'll never forget Antonio puerta
moore in Burma
harryd
29 Aug 2007, 17:21
29 Aug 2007, 17:21
may the soul of Antonio puerta rest in eternal peace.
Holguin
29 Aug 2007, 22:30
29 Aug 2007, 22:30
Our hearts and respect go out to the Puerta family, may Antonio find peace
with the angels. This is a sad day for all fanaticos everywhere. Por la
familia de Antonio Puerta nuestro apoyo esta contigo!
Real Madrid fan
Real Madrid fan
mohammad saeedy
30 Aug 2007, 01:41
30 Aug 2007, 01:41
We are heart broken in iran, is a very sad day for football.
Karthik
30 Aug 2007, 09:41
30 Aug 2007, 09:41
To finish where you start is the reward for your passion, your commitment.
The world will remember you not your achievement alone but for - call it a
blessing in disguise -"retiring" from the place you always wanted to be.
Rest in peace.
Austrian Fan
20 Jul 2008, 19:04
20 Jul 2008, 19:04
It's very sad to read about this. He was so young and died... :-(
He couldn't saw, that Spain won the European Championschip. Why had he to die?
I hope, that nobody will never forget him.
Have you seen Sergio Ramos, when Spain won the Euro 08? He had a T-Shirt, which remembered us to him.
He was a good lad. I am sorry for his wife, his family and his son. His son will never meet his father.
That's a very sad story.
He couldn't saw, that Spain won the European Championschip. Why had he to die?
I hope, that nobody will never forget him.
Have you seen Sergio Ramos, when Spain won the Euro 08? He had a T-Shirt, which remembered us to him.
He was a good lad. I am sorry for his wife, his family and his son. His son will never meet his father.
That's a very sad story.
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