Thank you! The 2022 BMJ article says it all.
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/56/2/80
Seems fairly common considering how many people in the world play soccer.
From 2014 to 2018
“617 players (mean age 34±16 years, 96% men) with sudden death were reported from 67 countries; 142 players (23%) survived. A diagnosis by autopsy or definite medical reports was established in 211 cases (34%). The leading cause in players >35 years was coronary artery disease (76%) and in players ≤35 years was sudden unexplained death (SUD, 22%). In players ≤35 years the leading cause of SCD varied by region: cardiomyopathy in South America (42%), coronary artery anomaly in North America (33%) and SUD in Europe (26%).”
Now compare those stats on a yearly basis to what we are seeing now.