The 25-year-old Equatorial Guinea international has shut down his Instagram account after hostile reactions from the stands at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López, where parts of the home crowd shouted “murderer” at him on Monday night.

His stated intention, as reported by El Partidazo de COPE, is to reach the De Miguel family personally, through them or through someone in their circle, before offering any public word.

The collision came deep into stoppage time of the Segunda División fixture between CD Tenerife and FC Andorra. Owono rushed out of his area to meet a long ball and struck De Miguel in the chest with his knee as the striker contested possession. The 30-year-old went into cardiac arrest on the pitch and was treated by medical staff for more than five minutes before being taken by ambulance to Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria in Santa Cruz. The referee showed Owono a straight red card. The match, level at 2-2, was abandoned seven minutes into stoppage time.

Tenerife and Andorra confirm the death

CD Tenerife announced the death on Tuesday morning at 8am local time.

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“Racked with pain, with a lump in our throats and unable to believe that this is true, from CD Tenerife we communicate the tragic passing of Jesús de Miguel Alameda.”

FC Andorra’s response, posted shortly afterwards, opened with an apology directed at the family and the Tenerife squad.

“With a broken and devastated heart, we want to send our deepest condolences to the family of Jesús de Miguel, to all his team-mates and friends, and to CD Tenerife. Rest in peace.”

Club president Gerard Piqué shared a short tribute on social media before the death was officially confirmed.

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“I feel it with all my soul. Rest in peace, Jesús.”

Spanish outlets quoting Andorra sources insist the challenge was unintentional and that Owono did not go in to injure. His team-mates have described it to COPE as the hardest moment they have ever lived through on a football pitch.

A sporting red card, and a criminal question

The straight red card is a sporting sanction and does not resolve the question of criminal responsibility. Spanish legal analysis published since the death has pointed to Article 142 of the Penal Code, which punishes causing a death by gross negligence with between one and four years in prison. For that framework to apply, prosecutors would have to establish that Owono’s conduct amounted to a serious breach of the duty of care owed on the pitch, and that it was causally linked to the death.

The referee’s match report, cited by Vozpópuli, describes the goalkeeper hitting an opponent “sharply with his leg raised” and with “excessive force” while the ball was in dispute. That wording is the record of a sporting offence, not a criminal finding; no prosecutor has publicly opened a case, and no charges have been filed against Owono.

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Owono has not spoken publicly. Cadena COPE’s reporting is that he will not do so until he has been able to reach the family in private.

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