Jesús de Miguel Alameda, a forward for CD Tenerife, died at 8am local time on Tuesday at the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the club confirmed in an official statement. He was 30.
He had collapsed on the pitch during Tenerife’s Segunda División fixture against FC Andorra at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium on Monday night. The collision came seven minutes into stoppage time, when De Miguel was struck in the chest by the knee of Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono as the pair contested a ball.
Medical staff worked on him on the pitch before he was taken by ambulance to hospital, NBC reported, where he suffered a cardiac arrest. The match was abandoned and Owono was shown a straight red card.
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“Much sadness, there are no words. Rest in peace.”
The message joined a long line of tributes posted during the morning by players and clubs across Spanish football, including FC Barcelona.
A minute of silence at Valdebebas
Real Madrid issued their own official statement, relayed by Spanish news agency EFE, expressing their condolences to De Miguel’s family, teammates and club.
“Real Madrid, its president and board of directors deeply regret the death of Jesús de Miguel, a Tenerife player. Real Madrid wishes to express its condolences and affection to his family, his teammates, his club and all his loved ones.”
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The club’s first-team squad observed a minute of silence at their Valdebebas training ground on Tuesday, on the eve of their Champions League tie against AEK Athens on Wednesday.
In its own statement, CD Tenerife described itself as broken with pain, with a lump in its throat and unable to believe that what had happened was real. The club had reported a neurological deterioration in De Miguel’s condition about an hour before confirming his death. His family asked for privacy.
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