Guillermo Denis Beltrán, a 24-year-old Colombian striker, died after collapsing during training with his Bolivian club.
He reportedly died of “respiratory arrest.”
“Colombian Guillermo Denis Beltrán (24), youth player from #AtléticoNacional , died today in Bolivia. He collapsed in training with #RealSantaCruz , he was taken to a hospital where they tried to revive him, but it was not possible,” Pipe Sierra wrote (translated).
🚨 El colombiano Guillermo Denis Beltrán (24), canterano de #AtléticoNacional, falleció hoy en Bolivia. Se desplomó en un entrenamiento con el #RealSantaCruz, fue llevado a un hospital donde intentaron reanimarlo, pero no fue posible. Así pudimos conocerlo con @alexpiratacabo 🇨🇴 pic.twitter.com/S4deeOOB5e
— Pipe Sierra (@PSierraR) March 22, 2024
“The Real Santa Cruz Sports Club reports the sensitive death of our player Guillermo Denis Beltrán, friend, teammate and a great professional. We pray to the Lord to have him in his holy glory,” Club Deportivo Real Santa Cruz announced (translated).
Comunicado oficial
El Club Deportivo Real Santa Cruz informa el sensible fallecimiento de nuestro jugador Guillermo Denis Beltrán, amigo, compañero y un gran profesional. Rogamos al señor tenerlo en su santa gloria. pic.twitter.com/IcaKCfkais
— Club Deportivo Real Santa Cruz (@Real_Santa_Cruz) March 22, 2024
From the Associated Press:
A player collapsed and died while training with his Bolivian top-flight club Real Santa Cruz on Friday.
Real Santa Cruz said Colombian striker Guillermo Denis Beltrán died of respiratory arrest. He was 24.
Beltrán’s teammates said he felt nauseous and fell to the ground shortly after. Club doctors called an ambulance after their first efforts to revive him.
“He was training as usual and then he collapsed. They tried to resuscitate him but he died as he was being moved to a clinic,” Real Santa Cruz director Adolfo Soria Galvarro said.
The club is in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, a city 850 kilometers (530 miles) east of the capital La Paz.
Beltrán is the fourth footballer to collapse on the pitch within one week.
34-year-old Makhehlene Makhaula, a South African professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for South African Premier Division club Orlando Pirates, collapsed Saturday.
“World Football, unfortunately, has been subject to so many distressing scenes on the pitch over the last few years,” a commentator said.
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Orlando Pirates midfielder Makhehlene Makhaula collapses on field yesterday, listen again to the stunned announcer:"World football, unfortunately, has been subject to so many distressing scenes on the pitch over the last few years"
Maybe this announcer is brand new on… pic.twitter.com/V1S7C42E1j
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24-year-old Javier Altamirano, Chilean footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Argentine Primera División side Estudiantes de La Plata, and the Chile national football team, collapsed on the pitch Sunday and suffered a seizure.
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Oh my god, second footballer collapsed on live TV in two days.
Estudiantes’ Javier Altamirano suffers a seizure during match against Boca pic.twitter.com/hVw8ulwffy
— aussie17 (@_aussie17) March 18, 2024
Ahmed Refaat, a 30-year-old Egyptian professional footballer, collapsed on the pitch during a contest between his club, Modern Future FC, and Ittihad, suffering an apparent cardiac arrest.
Refaat, a former international teammate of Mohamed Salah, reportedly stopped breathing “for more than an hour.”
Medical personnel rushed Refaat to a hospital and placed him in an intensive care unit.
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Wow! 3rd footballer collapsed on live TV this week!30 year old Egyptian National Footballer Ahmed Refaat collapsed on the pitch during a match between his club Modern Future FC and Ittihad.
The Egyptian international suffered a cardiac arrest and was taken to hospital.… pic.twitter.com/qXcZLdvtM4
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