Drama on the field: soccer player suffers heart attack during game

Created: 01/08/2022, 11:07 PM

From: Julia Volkenand

A soccer ball lies on the grass.

(Symbol photo) © UJ Alexander / Imago

A national player from Mali suddenly collapsed during a soccer game.

He had had a heart attack.

Qatar - Mali's national soccer player Ousmane Coulibaly suffered a heart attack during a league match in Qatar.

During the game between his club Al-Wakrah and Al-Rayyan, the 32-year-old center-back collapsed on the field just before the end of the first half.

He was then given emergency medical care on the square.

The pictures show how an ambulance then drove onto the square.

Coulibaly is in medical care, the league announced in a statement that evening and wished the defender a speedy recovery.

The game was canceled and will not continue until later.

Coulibaly suffers a heart attack on the field

Coulibaly's collapse brought back unpleasant memories of the Dane Christian Eriksen, who collapsed at the European Football Championship * against Finland and had to be revived.

The Argentine Sergio "Kun" Agüero from FC Barcelona recently ended his career as a professional footballer at the age of 33 because of his heart problems.

Coulibaly played for Mali for many years, but was not nominated for the Africa Cup.

At club level, he was mainly active in France and Greece.