Posted on 01/14/2022 6:49:55 PM PST by nickcarraway
Marcos Menaldo of Guatemalan outfit Deportivo Marquense has tragically died after suffering a heart attack during a training session on Monday.
The 25-year-old defender had complained he was finding it difficult to breathe during a pre-season session as he geared up for the new campaign alongside his teammates.
The tragedy occurred at the Marquesa de la Ensenada Stadium where Menaldo received emergency CPR treatment on the pitch in San Marcos before being transferred to the Hospital de Especialidades where he died.
A centre-back by trade, Menaldo was a fan favourite due to his efforts during Deportivo's successful second division title win last term, crowned Liga de Ascenso champions in December - coincidentally on the same day as Menaldo's 25th birthday.
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Hernan Maldonado, Deportivo's club president, has already addressed the heartbreaking death of his player, telling ESPN digital : "One does not come out of astonishment.
"A young, dynamic and jovial person, this happens to him. It is quite strong and shocking because you lose not only a player, you lose a friend.
"God has his plans and his purposes, but unfortunately we have the death. It was around 11:00 hours that they called me to inform me that Marcos had fainted in training.
"They transferred him to the assistance centre where they did everything possible. But unfortunately, the death was confirmed."
His death is not the first to shock football in recent weeks, nor the first cardiac arrest either.
Croatian footballer Marin Cacic died in similar circumstances before Christmas after a sudden collapse in training.
The 23-year-old was diagnosed with heart failure shortly after being rushed to a nearby hospital.
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Safe and effective.
And rare.
Don’t forget “rare”.
WTH is going on with all these athletes dying?
How many healthy under 50 year olds have dropped dead daily since March 2020?
Compared to March 2019?
I bet he had more than four comorbidities even though he was a professional athlete in his prime. Happens all the time. We just never cared about it until now.
I’m being sarcastic...
I have no idea but if I were a professional athlete who had been vaxxed, I’d be getting pretty nervous right about now.
they don’t even have to post their jab status anymore as it’s a given...
woulda been worse without the jab.
:Drink:
Rare and milder case of death.
ESPN will be all over this.
But, but…this would’ve happened, regardless!!
😥
RIP, young man.
RIP.
Obviously it’s time to ban these deadly soccer training sessions!
Me neither.
Sudden and unexpected...
278% increase in heart attack deaths among soccer players in 2021 (compared to the 12-year average)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4019514/posts
Another healthy, active young man dies with a heart attack. Must be something in the air...
Wow!
Thanks for the link!
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