Denmark’s Christian Eriksen collapses on football pitch during friendly

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Danish football player Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch during a friendly match against Ukraine. The Danish Football Federation confirmed that Eriksen regained consciousness and is doing well under the circumstances, though the match was called off. Medics attended to him on the field, and he was able to walk to an ambulance. Team doctor Morten Boesen stated that Eriksen asked him to tell the players he was okay and that he would be examined further in the hospital. This incident is the second time in five years Eriksen has collapsed during a match; in 2021, he suffered cardiac arrest and was fitted with a heart-starting device, an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD).

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Eriksen asked the team doctor to tell the players he was okay.

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Eriksen was fitted with a heart-starting device (ICD) after a cardiac arrest in 2021.

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The match was called off after Eriksen's collapse.

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Eriksen has regained consciousness and is doing well under the circumstances.

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Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch during a friendly match against Ukraine.

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The football player has a special heart-starting device implanted since he collapsed during a match in 2021.Danish football player Christian Eriksen has collapsed on the ⁠pitch during a friendly match against Ukraine, but has regained consciousness, the Danish Football Federation said in a social media post.“Christian Eriksen ‌is conscious and is doing well under the circumstances,” the federation said on Sunday in a statement on X, adding that the ⁠friendly had been called ⁠off.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3FIFA U-turns on water bottle policy in US, Canada stadiums after backlashlist 2 of 3Los Angeles tiny homes move people off streets amid World Cup spotlightlist 3 of 3How the hosts are preparing for an Ebola outbreak during World Cup 2026end of listThe match was about 20 minutes into its second half when Eriksen collapsed to the ground. A hush came over the audience as both Danish and Ukrainian footballers formed a ring around the midfielder.Medics attended to him on the pitch, and he was eventually able to walk to an ambulance.“Christian is doing well and walked from the field himself. As I see it, the pacemaker is working as it should. He was briefly gone, but very quickly regained consciousness, and we were quickly in contact with him,” team doctor Morten Boesen told Danish media.“He will now be examined further in the hospital to find out what caused the incident,” Boesen said, adding that Eriksen “asked me to talk to all the players and say that he was okay”.Previous incidentThe incident marked the second time in five years the 34-year-old has collapsed during a match.In 2021, Eriksen suffered Cardiac Arrest during a European Championship match in Copenhagen ⁠and was given life-saving CPR ⁠treatment. He was ⁠later fitted with a special heart-starting device known as an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD).He ended his career in Italy, where he had played for Inter Milan, but he recovered and resumed professional play in 2022.

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