Sevilla's Puerta dies following heart attack
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Sevilla's Spanish international defender Antonio Puerta died on Tuesday after suffering a heart attack during a Spanish league match on Saturday, Spanish media reported.
The 22-year-old had been in "very critical" condition in the intensive care unit of Seville's Virgen del Rocio hospital where he had been hooked up to a life support machine, the hospital said earlier in a statement.
Puerta collapsed after half an hour of Sevilla's 4-1 win over Getafe on the opening day of the Spanish season.
He was able to walk gingerly to the dressing rooms where he collapsed a second time before being taken to hospital.
In January 2004 Benfica's Hungarian international striker Miklos Feher died during a Portuguese league match from a heart attack just seven months after Cameroon international Marc-Vivien Foe collapsed and died while playing in the Confederations Cup tournament in France -
RIP..
So young...
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Rest In Peace.
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omg. unexpected and still so young.
rip.
this week la liga sure got 1 min of silence around.
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rip for him
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RIP.............
