Uruguay’s Izquierdo dies in hospital after collapse

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Uruguay’s Izquierdo ***** in hospital after collapse

Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo has ***** in hospital in Brazil, five days after collapsing during a game at Sao Paulo. He was 27.

Hospital Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo said in a statement that the Nacional defender ***** at 9:38pm local time on Tuesday, following “cardiorespiratory arrest associated with his cardiac arrhythmia.”

Izquierdo collapsed last Thursday in a Copa Libertadores match between Nacional and Sao Paulo at the Brazilian city’s Morumbi Stadium.

Uruguay’s air force said one of its planes would transport his coffin to Montevideo later on Wednesday.

Izquierdo’s wife, Selena, shared a message on Izquierdo’s social media channels to “say goodbye to my half, the love of my life.” They have two children – the youngest, a boy, was born earlier in August.

Mateo Antoni, a teammate of Izquierdo’s, said the defender “helped, advised, mentored, demanded, insulted, hugged and laughed” with him.

The Uruguayan club posted a statement on social media saying Izquierdo’s ****** is felt “in deep pain and impact in our hearts” and “all Nacional is in grief for his irreplaceable loss.”

Doctors at the hospital said Izquierdo was put into neurological critical care. He had been on a ventilator since Sunday.

Uruguayan national team players were among those expressing their condolences.

“Pain, sadness, it is hard to explain,” Inter Miami striker Luis Suárez said. “May he rest in peace. I wish a lot of strength for his family and friends.”

Izquierdo’s professional career began in 2018 at local club Cerro. In 2022 he joined the local Liverpool club and was one of their best players when they won the Uruguayan league title in 2023, the club’s first in more than a century. He joned Nacional for a second time this year.

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