List of association footballers who died while playing
The following is a list of association footballers who died while playing, either directly from injuries sustained during a game, or after being taken ill on the pitch. Following an increase in deaths, both during matches and training, the Federation of International Football Associations considered mandatory cardiac testing, already in place for years in some countries, such as Italy.
By 2009, FIFA player Pre-Competition Medical Assessment included family history, heart rhythm, sounds, and electrocardiogram results. The Union of European Football Associations required extensive medical tests, including ECG and echocardiogram for players in the Europa League 2011–12. Constant monitoring has been advised.
Date | Name | Age | Team | Notes |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Ruptured bowel in a match against Grimsby Town led to death the next day. | |
![]() | 21 | ![]() | Tetanus from fall on piece of glass in a friendly game against Abercorn led to death ten days later, at the age of 21. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Internal haemorrhage following a bad tackle in a bad tempered match. A verdict of accidental death was returned. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Rupture of the kidney from a tackle in game against Derby Junction; he died almost three weeks later. | |
![]() | 27 | ![]() | Suffered severe concussion following a clash of heads in the Gloucestershire Cup semi-final against Eastville Rovers. He continued playing initially, but was eventually forced to leave the game and died from his injury the next morning. | |
![]() | 25 | ![]() | Pneumonia while playing. | |
![]() | 25 | ![]() | Blood poisoning and tetanus after breaking his arm against Kettering Town in 1896. | |
![]() | ![]() | Tetanus caused by on-field injury. | ||
![]() | 35? | ![]() | Gashed knee turned septic leading to death. | |
![]() | 23 | ![]() | Heart attack while playing against Burnley, probably from heavy smoking. He attempted to return to the field of play even when in great pain. | |
![]() | 25 | ![]() | Collapsed after heading a ball in a game against St. Helens and died. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Pneumonia during recovery from collar bone broken playing against Newcastle United on 1 January 1908. Attending Dr Selby of Attercliffe noted heart failure at 1:40pm on 1 February 1908 at his father's house on 125 Plumpers Road Tinsley Sheffield | |
![]() | 23 | ![]() | Fatal stomach injuries during a Christmas Day match in 1909 against Partick Thistle at Firhill on a frostbound pitch, after colliding with a Thistle player, led to death four days later. | |
![]() | 33 | ![]() | Burst blood vessel following a wartime game against Reading. | |
![]() | 27 | ![]() | Head injury in a league game at Barnsley in December 1920; died as a result of his injury early in the new year. | |
![]() | ![]() | Late stage tuberculosis after a game against Građanski Zagreb, Hajduk's greatest rival at the time. | ||
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Goalkeeper who died from peritonitis two days after a game against Rangers. | |
![]() | ![]() | Died from tetanus eight days after fracturing his arm in a match. | ||
![]() | 26 | ![]() | During a season-ending match of the, the goalkeeper Georges Le Bidois received a violent kick at his carotid from Swiss Aron Pollitz of US Suisse Paris, which made him succumbed in the locker room. Upon the announcement of his death, the game was called off. | |
![]() | 27 | ![]() | Perforated bowel after a collision with an opponent. Died one day later. | |
![]() | 30 | ![]() | Collapsed and died on the field of pneumonia during a match against Sheffield United, although Bury claim it was a cerebral hemorrhage. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Peritonitis after being hit by an opposing player during the match. Shortly after the incident Arellano was brought to a nearby clinic where he ultimately died. | |
![]() | 22 | ![]() | Injured during an Old Firm match when he dived for the ball and suffered a fractured skull in an accidental collision with Rangers' Sam English. He died that same evening. | |
![]() | 22 | ![]() | A goalkeeper who collided with a striker from KR Reykjavik and suffered a head injury in the last game of the Icelandic League on 13 June 1933. Was taken to hospital, where he died from his injuries on 17 June 1933. | |
![]() | 25 | ![]() | Died after a clash of heads with Brighton & Hove Albion's Paul Mooney in a game, who subsequently retired. | |
![]() | 21 | ![]() | Died from serious head injuries sustained in a Football League match against Middlesbrough on 18 September 1935. The Football League changed the rules of the game due to Utterson's death and a couple of other goalkeepers who died around the same time. | |
![]() | 22 | ![]() | When playing as goalkeeper, Thorpe, a diabetic, collapsed into a coma from which he never recovered, attributed to the rough treatment he received on the pitch in a game against Chelsea. His death led to the rule that players were no longer able to kick the ball out of the goalkeeper's arms. | |
![]() | ![]() | Playing in a friendly match for Atlético Chalaco, Chávez Boza had his femoral artery injured by Víctor Guarderas Lavalle from Alianza Lima. His limb was amputated which later led to his death since having diabetes. | ||
![]() | 17 | ![]() | Collapsed with a heart attack during the away game against Ramnes IL. He died within minutes after he was carried off the pitch. | |
![]() ![]() | 32 | ![]() | After retirement at the age of 24 due to heart problems in 1933, Adam was playing for Thor against Anasher in Surabaya in the Dutch East Indies on 15 May 1941. He suffered a heart attack which led to his death. | |
![]() | ![]() | Collapsed during a friendly match against a saltpeter workers team in Antofagasta, Chile. He died from a possible cardiac arrest. | ||
![]() | ![]() | Internal bleeding a few days after a collision with an opposing player in a match between his club TSV Braunschweig and SV Werder Bremen on 13 February 1949. | ||
![]() | 35 | ![]() | Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to stomach congestion. | |
![]() | 23 | ![]() | Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to a cardiac arrest. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to unusual activity of the thymus gland. | |
![]() | 29 | ![]() | Collapsed during a training session due to a heart ailment and died on the way to the hospital. | |
![]() | ![]() | Struck by lightning during an FA Amateur Cup quarterfinal against Enfield. | ||
![]() | 27 | ![]() | Heart attack during a Segunda División match against Pontevedra. He had collapsed in previous matches against Alicante, Sabadell, and Barakaldo. He had received treatment for his condition, but collapsed for the last time at the Estadio Municipal de Pasarón, without ever regaining consciousness. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Heart attack during a league game. | |
![]() | ![]() | Collapsed on the field after a run with the ball, playing against Atlético Chalaco at the Estadio Nacional del Perú, he previously had heart complications since playing for Colegio Nacional Iquitos. A stadium in Moyobamba was named after him. | ||
![]() | 21 | ![]() | Head injuries received during match. | |
![]() | 27 | ![]() | Died as a result of an attack in a Belgian Cup away match against Anderlecht at Parc Astrid. in Namur was named in his honor. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Heart attack while playing in a Serie A match against Juventus. Perugia's ground is named after him. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Died from a heart attack during a club training. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Died during the Ligue 1 match against USM Aïn Beïda in Stade 20 Août 1955, from severe food poisoning. | |
![]() | 28 | ![]() | Died from infarction after fainting in the match against XV de Jaú. | |
![]() | 21 | ![]() | Struck by lightning during an exhibition game. Son of Jan Jongbloed, goalkeeper of the Dutch national team in both the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cup Final. | |
![]() | 25 | ![]() | Collided with an opponent on 21 December away to Celta de Vigo, underwent emergency surgery and returned home. Relapsed on 7 January with a cerebral haemorrhage and fell into an eight-day coma before dying. | |
![]() | 20 | ![]() | Acute myocardial infarction during a friendly match between Atletico and the UAE's Al-Jazira Club. | |
![]() | 17 | ![]() | Died from a heart attack in a training match in Florya. | |
![]() | 27 | ![]() | Collapsed at the moment he wanted to take a throw-in while playing against VV Hoogezand. He died of a heart attack. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Collapsed and died while playing against Angola in a World Cup Qualifier. An autopsy showed that the 24-year-old had an enlarged heart and high blood pressure. | |
![]() | 25 | ![]() | Heart attack on the pitch while playing against Lincoln City. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. | |
![]() | 33 | ![]() | Heart attack during a training session. | |
![]() | 35 | ![]() | The goalkeeper collapsed into a coma in the training session of Hungarian national team. After a week he died. | |
![]() | 28 | ![]() | Received an elbow hit in the neck by an opponent player, during a match against Panelefsiniakos. He died before going to hospital. | |
![]() | ![]() | Died during a game against Dungannon Swifts at Stangmore Park after being struck in the chest by the ball. | ||
![]() | 29 | ![]() | Collapsed and died on the pitch of a heart attack. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Heart attack in a friendly game against Olympique Lyonnais at Stade Chedli Zouiten | |
![]() | 23 | ![]() | Heart attack while playing against Bnei Yehuda. | |
![]() | 40 | ![]() | Cardiomyopathy. | |
![]() | 29 | ![]() | Died suddenly of a heart attack during training. | |
![]() | 15 | ![]() | Died after a crossbar fell on his head during a warmup. | |
![]() | 23 | ![]() | Undetected heart defect that led to his collapse. | |
![]() | 18 | ![]() | Died after an infection from a simple sprain, misdiagnosed by four different hospitals. | |
![]() | 17 | ![]() | Collapsed on the pitch and later died in hospital. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Died in hospital due to heart failure after a game between Persebaya and PSIM Yogyakarta. | |
![]() | 30 | ![]() | Died from a heart attack in his house's bathroom, at the same night when his team lost 1–3 to Polar Wrocław. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Died in a hospital in Paris, France, from a fractured skull after clash of heads two days earlier | |
![]() | 19 | ![]() | Struck by lightning during a training session and was killed instantly. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Died while playing for Dinamo; In the 74th minute of a friendly game against Olteniţa, Hîldan had a heart attack, and fell to the ground. The North Stand of Dinamo's stadium is named in his honour. | |
![]() | 23 | ![]() | Injured in a collision with Budun Budunov who also sustained serious head trauma. He received a brain hemorrhage and died eight days later. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Died during a training session at André-Picquenot Stadium in Tourlaville as a result of a heart attack. | |
![]() | 21 | ![]() | Accidentally struck in the mandible by a teammate charging towards goal. Internal bleeding was discovered, before he died one week later. | |
![]() | 28 | ![]() | Dos Santos suffered a heart attack after a game of his Peruvian club Deportivo Wanka, which scored a goal in the 3–1 win over Alianza Lima. | |
![]() | 32 | ![]() | Struck by lightning during a training session, and was killed instantly. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Struck by the same lightning that killed Hernán Gaviria, and died three days later from the injuries. | |
![]() | 23 | ![]() | Collapsed during a match and later died in a hospital. | |
![]() | 21 | ![]() | Sustained neck and spinal injuries in a collision with Landon Donovan during the 2001 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament on 20 March 2001. Paralysed, he died two years later on 9 March 2003 having stopped breathing. | |
![]() | 28 | ![]() | Collapsed while playing in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final between his country and Colombia, and died shortly afterward in hospital. An autopsy later revealed the cause of death was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. | |
![]() | 55 | ![]() | Suffered a heart attack and died on the field while playing in a charity football match in Singapore in 2003. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Cardiac arrest caused by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy while playing against Vitória. | |
![]() | 27 | ![]() | Torn pericardium during a match against CSD Comunicaciones when he collided with Mario Rafael Rodríguez. He died later in a hospital. | |
![]() | 30 | ![]() | Sudden cardiac death during a Campeonato Brasileiro Série A match against São Paulo. His death motivated a revamping of practices in medical assistance from clubs and stricter preventive measures in sports grounds in Brazil. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Collided with Mohun Bagan goalkeeper Subrata Paul in the 78th minute of the Federation Cup finals while scoring his second goal. He staggered away, then collapsed. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead upon arrival at Hosmat Hospital. | |
![]() | 28 | ![]() | Collapsed on the pitch 30 minutes into the game against Margate F.C. in the Kent Senior Cup Semi-Final. An undiagnosed heart defect was identified as the cause of his death. | |
![]() | 32 | ![]() | Collapsed after heading a ball. Died of a heart attack. | |
![]() | 28 | ![]() | Died suddenly from a cardiac arrest during a football match played with friends in Montemor-o-Novo. | |
![]() | 17 | ![]() | Died suddenly during a training match. He had lost consciousness on the ground and his body had arrived lifeless to the hospital. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Heart attack during a training session and was, despite revival attempts from teammates and a doctor, declared dead upon arrival at the local hospital. The number 7 was afterwards retired in his honor. | |
![]() | 28 | ![]() | Suffered a heart attack during training, he died before being taken to the hospital. | |
![]() | 23 | ![]() | Died from undetected heart defect during a training match. | |
![]() | 27 | ![]() | Collapsed on the pitch during a Conference North game against Harrogate Town and died soon afterwards at Harrogate District Hospital. Medical tests revealed he died from a heart condition known as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. | |
![]() | 30 | ![]() | Collapsed on the pitch during a training session with his club and died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. The Brazilian was a former top scorer and best player for the Kazakhstan Premier League. | |
![]() | 19 | ![]() | Heart attack and died during a training match in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina. | |
![]() | 16 | ![]() | Collapsed and died during youth team pre-season training. An inquest recorded a verdict of natural causes. | |
![]() | 22 | ![]() | Collapsed during a match against Getafe C.F.. He died later in hospital after several cardiac arrests. Autopsy revealed arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy | |
![]() | 28 | ![]() | Sudden heart failure during a training match against Maccabi Beersheba. | |
![]() | 35 | ![]() | Collapsed during his team's 5–3 win against Dundee United with what was later confirmed as left ventricular failure. He died on the way to the hospital. | |
![]() | 22 | ![]() | Died shortly after a league game against Union Sportive O'Mbila. During the match, he collided with an opponent. He managed to finish the game, but collapsed shortly after and medics were unable to revive him. | |
![]() | 27 | ![]() | Collapsed 17 minutes into a game against Three Bridges of an undetermined cause. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Collided with a concrete wall during a game against Cibalia and died in a hospital 5 days later of severe head injuries | |
![]() | 34 | ![]() | Felt ill during a game, died later that day in a hospital. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Collapsed after an incident with Denny Tarkas during the match of his club PKT Bontang against Persela Lamongan. Denny kicked Jumadi's stomach when he was trying to get the ball. Jumadi died in a hospital 8 days later of severe infection. | |
![]() | 37 | ![]() | Heart attack during a match against Salesianito. He died the next day. | |
![]() | 28 | ![]() | Before an away match with Enugu Rangers, goalkeeper Adun of Warri Wolves FC, was assaulted by thugs suspected to be fans of the opposition team. Adun died 3 days later from internal haemorrhage, during a training session. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Cardiac arrest following a training session. | |
![]() | 19 | ![]() | The Romanian goalkeeper was hit in the abdominal area with a ball while trying to defend a penalty kick during team training. He continued his training but a few moments later he collapsed and died of cardiac arrest. | |
![]() | 25 | ![]() | Collapsed during the match of his club TuS Güldenstern Stade against Lupo Martini Wolfsburg at Campers Höhe and died later in the hospital. | |
![]() | 31 | ![]() | Died of a heart attack during a training session. | |
![]() | 17 | ![]() | Collapsed during the match of his under-19 team club Arras Football against Etoile Sportive Anzin Saint Aubin and died later on a heart attack. | |
![]() | 25 | ![]() | Collapsed during the match of his Sudanese club Al Merreikh against Alamal Atbara. He died in the ambulance. Autopsy report revealed that he suffered a circulatory collapse from a heart attack. | |
![]() | 19 | ![]() | Collapsed the day before while playing against league side Liberty. He was quickly taken to hospital and is understood to have stabilized overnight. His death was announced the next day by his club. | |
![]() | 32 | ![]() | Heart attack during a 5th Division match. It was widely reported that Tunjić had been booked by the referee for diving, though such reports were later refuted by some sources. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Heart failure in a match against Mighty Barrolle. He came on as a substitute in the second half before collapsing in the center circle with no other players near him. He died shortly afterwards upon arrival to a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. | |
![]() | 22 | ![]() | Collapsed during a league match. He played in Metfone Cambodian League at National Olympic Stadium. | |
![]() | 22 | ![]() | Collapsed during a league match. He played in the Isthmian Football League game from Ilford against Lowestoft Town FC. | |
![]() | 21 | ![]() | Collapsed while playing in Benin. | |
![]() | 21 | ![]() | Collapsed on the pitch while playing a league match, and died later in a hospital. | |
![]() | 30 | ![]() | Heart attack during a Ligue Midi-Pyrenees match. | |
![]() | 34 | ![]() | Collapsed during training on 2 August 2011 due to a cardiac arrest after finishing a 15-minute warmup run, and doctors diagnosed his condition as "extremely severe". After two days, he died on 4 August. | |
![]() | 30 | ![]() | Collapsed and died while playing a 5th tier match for K. Merksem S.C. against F.C. Exc. Kaart | |
![]() | 27 | ![]() | Collapsed toward the end of the game; reports suggest cardiac arrest as the cause of death. | |
![]() | 29 | ![]() | Died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, after already having chronic traumatic encephalopathy. | |
![]() | 25 | ![]() | Collapsed during a Serie B game against Pescara. The cause of death was cardiac arrest. | |
![]() | Collapsed twenty minutes into a game against FC Legwareb-FC Trarza in a Mauritanian Premier League match. Died on arrival at a hospital due to cardiac arrest. The game was postponed and replayed on 26 May, with Zem Zem winning 2–1. | |||
![]() | 21 | ![]() | Collapsed during a friendly game against FC Balotesti in the 86th minute, after having been brought on for only 10 minutes. With the temperature being 40 °C, doctors tried reviving the Nigerian player for 30 minutes before declaring him dead. Supposedly, he underwent health tests a week before his death with no signs of problems detected. The cause was of his death was heart failure. | |
![]() | 29 | ![]() | Collapsed shortly after scoring during a meeting in the Division 2, in which he suffered a cardiac arrest and died after arriving at hospital. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Collapsed from a heart attack in a league game against Iskierka Szczecin and died on the pitch. | |
![]() | 28 | ![]() | Suffered a heart attack immediately after the end of a match. | |
![]() | 25 | ![]() | Collapsed during a training session of his club USON Mondeville. The cause of death was cardiac arrest. | |
![]() | 23 | ![]() | Collapsed during a Saarlandliga game against Saar 05 Saarbrücken. The cause of death was cardiac arrest. | |
![]() | 31 | ![]() | Collapsed during a Kreisklasse A Steinburg game against ABC Wesseln. The cause of death was cardiac arrest. | |
![]() | 32 | ![]() | In a non-official match played in May 2013, Mohammed Fahad collided with another player, causing him a severe bleeding in the brain and coma until the dawn of 17 June 2013, when he died. | |
![]() | 23 | ![]() | Collapsed during a retreat game for MNK Maružini of a heart attack. | |
![]() | 18 | ![]() | The 18-year-old footballer from Sporting Cristal died during a reserve match against Real Garcilaso on 20 June 2013. The autopsy determined he died from a cerebral edema with brain herniation caused by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. | |
![]() | 27 | ![]() | Collapsed on the field during his team's practice session in Bandung. He was rushed to the nearest hospital, but died on the way there. The cause of death was a heart attack. | |
![]() | 19 | ![]() | Died in a friendly game against Union Steinhaus. | |
![]() | 20 | ![]() | Cardiac arrest after seven minutes of the match between Tourizense and Carapinheirense. | |
![]() | 13 | ![]() | Cardiac arrest during a game in the Saughton Park in Edinburgh. | |
![]() | 30 | ![]() | Died of a heart attack after feeling chest pains during a training session in the morning. | |
![]() | 27 | ![]() | Died after colliding with opposition goalkeeper during a match in the Indonesian Premier League. Fairuz was substituted and admitted to hospital but died due to internal bleeding the next day. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Hit by a projectile while leaving the pitch. However a post-mortem examination showed he may have actually died from a severe beating. | |
![]() | 23 | ![]() | Died from spinal injuries that occurred as he landed awkwardly while celebrating a goal at 61 minutes against Chanmari West. | |
![]() | ![]() | The Nepalese born player and member of the Abu Dhabi Police's team died after collapsing during a match. | ||
![]() | 30 | ![]() | While tackling during a league match against Mangotsfield Sports, the English footballer stumbled and fell backwards, hitting his head against the wall of Stoke Gifford's clubhouse. He died a few days later. | |
![]() | 24 | ![]() | Belgian footballer Gregory Mertens died of heart failure, three days after collapsing during a reserve team match against Genk, having never regained consciousness after receiving CPR during the first half. | |
![]() | 23 | ![]() | Belgian footballer died of heart failure, only two weeks after Gregory Mertens, during a tournament game. | |
![]() | 21 | ![]() | Argentine footballer dies after sustaining fatal head injury against a perimeter wall during a Primera C match. All football activities under the Argentine Football Association were suspended the following week, and cushioning protection was made mandatory for such structures. | |
![]() | 27 | ![]() | Argentine footballer died of heart failure during a Primera B Nacional match. | |
![]() | 16 | ![]() | During a Dublin & District Schoolboy League game against St Kevin's Boys, Ayetigbo, a Nigerian-Irish footballer collapsed and died. | |
![]() | 30 | ![]() | Nigerian footballer collapsed three minutes after kick-off in a friendly match against Kelantan and died less one hour later in hospital. | |
![]() | 23 | ![]() | Collapsed in a pre-season friendly game at Whyteleafe. | |
![]() | 44 | ![]() | Died during a friendly match between veteran teams in Pensa. | |
![]() | 18 | ![]() | Struck by lightning while training on 5 April, died in hospital. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Collapsed in a match against FC Viitorul Constanța seven minutes after he came on from the bench and was taken to hospital, where he died less than two hours later. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Brazilian footballer for Friburguense collapsed during a friendly match before being taken to a hospital, where he died of a suspected heart attack. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Cameroonian goalkeeper, collapsed during her warm-up before a match in Cameroon. She died of a suspected heart attack. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Australian amateur footballer, collapsed 10 minutes into a match against Sandon Point and died en route to hospital. Cause of death suspected to have been a cardiac arrest. | |
![]() | 20 | ![]() | Nigerian midfielder for Zagatala PFK collapsed during a team training session in Zagatala. He died of a suspected heart attack. | |
![]() | 34 | ![]() | Died of a heart attack during a French cup match. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch in an Integro League Cup match against Brighouse Town. He died in the following hours in hospital. | |
![]() | 35 | ![]() | Ivorian-born Gabonese defender for FC 105 Libreville died after suffering a heart attack during team training. | |
![]() | 26 | ![]() | Botswana winger; collapsed of a heart attack during team training session and was pronounced dead upon arrival at hospital. | |
![]() | 46 | ![]() | Ethiopian striker; collapsed of a heart attack during team training session and was pronounced dead upon arrival at hospital. Doctors described the cause of death as Mitral Valve Regurgitation. | |
![]() | 30 | ![]() | Ivorian defensive midfielder; collapsed and lost consciousness during a training session and was pronounced dead later that day with a suspected death cause of a heart attack. | |
![]() | 38 | ![]() | Indonesian goalkeeper; while trying to retrieve the match ball from an opponent during a match against Semen Padang, he collided with his teammate Ramon Rodrigues and suffered injuries to his lower jaw and head. He was briefly conscious immediately after the collision, but later succumbed to his injuries in a local hospital. | |
![]() | 17 | ![]() | Lobanzo collapsed in training with the U-19 team on 31 October. He died a day later during the night of 1–2 November. It is believed that a heart attack was the cause of death. | |
![]() | 17 | ![]() | Dezu became ill during a league match in the Athletic Union League Complex, as his club Shelbourne faced off against St. Kevin's Boys. He died later on the day, at a Hospital in Dublin. | |
![]() | 25 | ![]() | Croatian winger; Boban collapsed during a match between Marsonia and Požega Slavonia. After several minutes of attempted resuscitation by medical staff and a retired doctor who was spectating, he was pronounced dead. | |
![]() | 21 | ![]() | South African midfielder who was struck by lightning during a friendly game on 1 May 2018. He died three days later from his injuries. | |
![]() | 13 | Dutch goalkeeper who died in a C Youth league match on 1 September 2018, after a collision with the Left back. | ||
![]() | 31 | ![]() | Brazilian attacker who died during a friendly game on 6 October 2018. | |
![]() | 28 | ![]() | Burundian midfielder, had a heart attack while playing in a match in Eswatini. | |
![]() | 16 | ![]() | Collapsed during a training session. The cause of death was cardiac arrest. | |
![]() | 39 | ![]() | Dhanarajan was playing in an All India Sevens tournament at Perinthalmanna in Malappuram when he suddenly collapsed after suffering a loss of breath and chest pain. The incident occurred in the 27th minute of the match between FC Perinthalmanna and Sastha Thrissur. Though he was stretchered off and admitted to a hospital nearby, he could not be revived. | |
![]() | 22 | ![]() | Collapsed and died during a league game |