A few days after collapsing during a Copa Libertadores match in Brazil, Uruguayan footballer Juan Izquierdo has died at the age of 27, his club confirmed.
The cause of death was cardiorespiratory arrest associated with a cardiac arrhythmia, his club Nacional announced, citing the doctors treating him at the Albert Einstein Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil.
Izquierdo died at 9:38 pm on Tuesday evening (0038 GMT Wednesday).
The centre-back collapsed in the 84th minute of the second leg of the round of 16 tie against São Paulo FC last Thursday.
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Izquierdo’s death was an “irreparable loss,” Nacional said in a post on social media platform X.
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