Juan Izquierdo, a Uruguayan soccer participant who performed for Nacional, died on Tuesday days after he collapsed throughout a Copa Libertadores match in Brazil. He was 27.
Izquierdo died at Hospital Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo following “cardiorespiratory arrest related together with his cardiac arrhythmia,” in response to officers.
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Juan Izquierdo of Uruguay’s Liverpool performs in a Copa Libertadores match in opposition to Argentinos Juniors in Montevideo, Uruguay, Might 3, 2023. (AP Photograph/Matilde Campodonico)
Docs stated earlier within the week he was put into neurological important care due to elevated intracranial strain. He had been on a ventilator since Sunday.
He collapsed final Thursday throughout Nacional’s match in opposition to Sao Paulo.
“For a lot of, Juan Izquierdo, my Juanma, my greatest buddy, my husband, the daddy of my youngsters, my unconditional associate. Immediately part of me dies with you,” Izquierdo’s spouse, Selena, wrote on the participant’s social media channels.
She shared the message to “say goodbye to my half, the love of my life.”
Izquierdo’s teammate, Mateo Antoni, remembered him as a mentor and a buddy.
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Juan Manuel Izquierdo of Uruguay’s Liverpool, left, controls the ball underneath strain from Julio Joao Ortiz of Ecuador’s Independiente del Valle in Montevideo, Uruguay, Might 24, 2023. (AP Photograph/Matilde Campodonico, File)
“I can’t describe how nice you had been with me,” he stated in a letter. “What stays with me for all my life is that I do know that I’ll all the time watch your again as a result of I do know you may be watching mine.”
Izquierdo began his skilled profession with Cerro of the Uruguayan Primera Division. However he didn’t keep lengthy. He bounced across the league from Penarol to Wanderers and later to Nacional and Liverpool. He performed 4 matches for Atletico in Liga MX in Mexico.
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He re-joined Nacional in 2024 after 27 matches at Liverpool, serving to the group to a Uruguayan league title in 2023. He began 13 of the 14 video games he appeared in.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
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