Deaths on the football pitch
Peter Biaksangzuala
Peter Biaksangzuala (circled) died from injuries suffered in his goal celebrations for Bethlehem Vengthlang FC during Mizoram Premier League match on Tuesday. Photograph: Courtesy: Mizoram Premier League
Piermario Morosini
Tragedy struck the footballing world when Livorno's 25-year-old Piermario Morosini died on the field during their Serie B match against Pescara in April 2012. Morosini fell to the ground with no one around him in the 31st minute. He got up looking confused and then collapsed again as medics and then an ambulance rushed on to the field.
Naoki Matsuda
Matsuda was a popular Japanese footballer who wore national colours on 40 occassions and represented the country at the 2002 World Cup. Apart from a successful career in the Japan national side, Matsuda made 385 appearances for Japan's 1st division club Yokohama F-Marinos, helping them win back-to-back JLeague titles in 2003 and 2004. But the 34-year-old tragically met his fate while training with his third division side Matsumoto Yamaga, when he collapsed. Medical personnel had rushed to Matsuda's aid after he collapsed with suspected heatstroke. Yamaga later said the player had gone into cardio- respiratory arrest. He breathed his last three days later
Dani Jarque
On the eve of Spain's first division club, Espanyol's exhibition match against Italian club Bologna, the Spanish club's captain Dani Jarque was found unconscious in his hotel room following a pre-season training session. Jarque died following a cardiac arrest after the training session in Coverciano, Italy. Club doctors and Italian paramedics tried to revive the 26-year- old without success.
Phil O'Donnell
It was a day of mourning on December 29, 2007 for the Scottish Premier League when Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell died after collapsing towards the end of his side's Scottish Premier League game against Dundee United. The 35-year-old midfielder fell to the ground just before being replaced with Marc Fitzpatrick near the end of the match. O'Donnell was treated for around five minutes on the field before being taken to a waiting ambulance. "Phil collapsed during the second-half of the game. He was standing alone at the time. "He was immediately attended to by Motherwell's club doctor and assisted by Dundee United's club doctor. "He was transferred almost immediately to an awaiting ambulance and taken to Wishaw General. "It is believed Phil suffered some form of seizure and was pronounced dead at 1718," Motherwell chief executive Ian Stillie had said at the time of O'Donnell's death.
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