Espanyol captain Daniel Jarque dies of heart attack
Table of Contents
Spanish football is in mourning after it was confirmed Espanyol captain Daniel Jarque has died from a heart attack while on a pre-season training camp in Italy.
Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport said Jarque was on the phone with his girlfriend when the 26-year-old defender suddenly fell silent and the woman then alerted club officials.
A statement on www.rcdespanyol.com read: "Tragedy struck Espanyol and the family of Dani Jarque this evening. The Blanquiazul player died from a cardiac arrest.
"The doctor carried out CPR on the player and used a defibrillator, which showed that the arrest was non responsive.
"After a few minutes the first ambulance arrived from the Florence emergency services, who tried again with the defibrillator they carried.
"The medical services continued carrying out CPR, administering adrenaline and atropine for an hour, but the player's heart did not react, so finally that determined his death.
"RCD Espanyol, broken with pain, wish to put themselves at the absolute disposition of the family of our captain Dani Jarque, to whom go our warmest thoughts."
Jarque's death comes two years after the death, also from heart failure, of Sevilla player Antonio Puerta, who died aged 22 after having collapsed during his team's La Liga match against Getafe.
Other players who have died of heart failure include Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foé and Motherwell midfielder Phil O'Donnell.
Foé died during a 2003 Confederations Cup semifinal against Colombia at age 28. He was later discovered to have had a heart condition.
While O'Donnell died after collapsing during a 2007 match against Dundee United in the Scottish league at the age of 35. An autopsy revealed he had died of heart failure.
Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello Sport said Jarque was on the phone with his girlfriend when the 26-year-old defender suddenly fell silent and the woman then alerted club officials.
A statement on www.rcdespanyol.com read: "Tragedy struck Espanyol and the family of Dani Jarque this evening. The Blanquiazul player died from a cardiac arrest.
"The doctor carried out CPR on the player and used a defibrillator, which showed that the arrest was non responsive.
"After a few minutes the first ambulance arrived from the Florence emergency services, who tried again with the defibrillator they carried.
"The medical services continued carrying out CPR, administering adrenaline and atropine for an hour, but the player's heart did not react, so finally that determined his death.
"RCD Espanyol, broken with pain, wish to put themselves at the absolute disposition of the family of our captain Dani Jarque, to whom go our warmest thoughts."
 Photo: AFP |
Jarque's death comes two years after the death, also from heart failure, of Sevilla player Antonio Puerta, who died aged 22 after having collapsed during his team's La Liga match against Getafe.
Other players who have died of heart failure include Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foé and Motherwell midfielder Phil O'Donnell.
Foé died during a 2003 Confederations Cup semifinal against Colombia at age 28. He was later discovered to have had a heart condition.
While O'Donnell died after collapsing during a 2007 match against Dundee United in the Scottish league at the age of 35. An autopsy revealed he had died of heart failure.
Open an account with bet365 today and claim your 100% Deposit Bonus!
