Another footballer dies on the pitch

[bridge too far]

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17714715

[Glasgow_Saint]

25 years old.... Very sad

 

RIP

[Micky]

Another...???

[Gigersaint]

Another...???

 

Not forgetting Marc Vivien Foe, I think there has been another one or two since but not quite so high profile as he was.

Sure someone on here would know the other more recent ones but I couldn't remember.

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I was alluding to the fact that Mwamba died, technically.

 

But there have been others, professional and amateur.

[hamster]

I was alluding to the fact that Mwamba died, technically.

 

But there have been others, professional and amateur.

 

He didn't die mrs B, there would have been a traditional funeral for him if he had.

[bridge too far]

He didn't die mrs B, there would have been a traditional funeral for him if he had.

 

Technically, Mr H, technically. Didn't need a funeral, of course, but he still had the minute's applause

[Window Cleaner]

I was alluding to the fact that Mwamba died, technically.

 

But there have been others, professional and amateur.

 

in fact it's far more commonplace than you'd think.seemed to be about 1 or 2 professional players that die of heart attacks or strokes during matches every year.Thing is most of them are in relatively unknown places.In amateur football it might be as high as 5 or 6 each year on the global scale, perhaps even more.Young lad just collapsed and died during a match about 30 miles form here just a couple of weeks back.

[saint_bert]

Wonderful gesture from Udinesse, who are going to financially support Piermario Morisini's young sister. Morisini had a very tragic life, his mum died when he was 15, then his dad died of cancer and his disabled brother commited suicide. RIP.

[JackFrost]

Antonio Puerta (La Liga in 2007) and Miklos Feher (Portuguese top flight in 2004) are two others that spring to mind

[supersonic]

There was one in the Croatian league a few years ago, player smacked his head on concrete wall just feet from the pitch and died.

[supersonic]

And the Motherwell Captain died of a heart attack on the pitch a few years ago too.

[suewhistle]

All Italian games were called off last Sunday including our amateur women's league, which I thought was slightly over the top. Fair enough the one he played in, but everything? Poor b****r, he had a bit of a hard life too. We played a friendly instead and I actually started for the first time this season: as I'm more twice his age me popping it would be less of a surprise. Doubt if they'd call any professional games off either.

[bridge too far]

There was one in the Croatian league a few years ago, player smacked his head on concrete wall just feet from the pitch and died.

 

Didn't a footballer lose a finger by crashing into some netting whilst wearing a wedding ring? Isn't that why they now have to either remove rings or tape them?

[Dimond Geezer]

Didn't a footballer lose a finger by crashing into some netting whilst wearing a wedding ring? Isn't that why they now have to either remove rings or tape them?

 

I think it was an Argentinian keeper, iirc he caught it on one of the hooks that the net hangs on. It was reading this that made me remove rings when I played.

[Dimond Geezer]

I've done some research & was nearly right:

 

"In 1985, Argentine goalkeeper Nery Pumpido almost lost a finger in a freak training ground accident when he caught his wedding ring on a rogue nail on the crossbar".

 

http://goalkeepersaredifferent.com/keeper/injuryframe.htm