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This is a list of association footballers who died due to football-related incidents.. The primary causes of on-field deaths have evolved over time. Improvements in infection control and emergency surgery since the early days of organised soccer have mostly eliminated the fatal complications that were once common after routine sporting injuries.
Pages in category "Association football players who died while playing" The following 149 pages are in this category, out of 149 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of Australian rules football players who have died either during their respective playing careers or due to career-ending injury or disease incurred during their playing career. It includes both on-field and off-field deaths.
English soccer star George Baldock has died at the age of 31. According to the BBC, the athlete — who was born in the U.K. but also held Greek nationality — was found dead in a swimming pool ...
Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo has died days after collapsing on the field during a game. He was 27. Izquierdo died at a local Brazilian hospital on Tuesday, Aug. 27, five days after he ...
Raphael Dwamena, who played for the Ghana international football team, has died at the age of 28 after collapsing during a match, the Ghana Football Association announced.
List of gridiron football players who died during their careers; List of association footballers who died after on-field incidents; List of athletics competitors who died during their careers; Sudden cardiac death of athletes
SAO PAULO (AP) — Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo died Tuesday at a 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 died at 9:38 p.m. local time following “cardiorespiratory arrest associated with his cardiac ...