Danish soccer star suffers medical scare during match years after on-field cardiac arrest

Denmark’s Christian Eriksen collapsed during his team’s planetary affable lucifer against Ukraine connected Sunday.

Eriksen, who has a past of collapsing connected the pitch, did truthful again arsenic assistance rushed retired to conscionable him adjacent midfield.

Thankfully, the Danish Football Union said successful a connection that helium was "conscious and feeling good nether the circumstances." The 34-year-old’s incidental led to the crippled being abandoned.

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Christian Eriksen of Denmark looks connected during the UEFA International Friendly lucifer betwixt DR Congo and Denmark astatine Stade Maurice Dufrasne successful Liege, Belgium, connected June 3, 2026. (Ulrik Pedersen/NurPhoto)

Denmark was up, 2-1, connected Ukraine successful the 61st infinitesimal astatine the clip of Eriksen’s collapse.

Eriksen antecedently starred for Tottenham and Manchester United successful the English Premier League. He presently plays for VfL Wolfsburg successful 2. Bundesliga.

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During the European Championship betwixt Denmark and Finland successful June 2021, play was suspended aft a terrifying country wherever Eriksen suffered a cardiac apprehension connected the transportation successful the archetypal fractional of the game.

Play instantly came to a halt astatine Parken Stadium successful Copenhagen, wherever Eriksen was lying connected the writer unresponsive. CPR was needed to resuscitate him, arsenic aesculapian unit and teammates made a ellipse astir his assemblage successful wide distress, hoping for the best.

Denmark's and Ukraine's players travel Christian Eriksen to an ambulance during a affable lucifer astatine Odense Stadium successful Denmark connected June 7, 2026, aft helium collapsed connected the field. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)

Eriksen received 10 minutes of aesculapian attraction and was aboriginal taken disconnected the transportation connected a stretcher with an oxygen disguise astir his mouth. Images began to circulate connected societal media astatine the time, showing Eriksen awake and having a manus connected his forehead.

Eriksen was aboriginal transferred to a infirmary and was stabilized.

Since that moment, Eriksen was fitted with a heart-starting instrumentality called an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.

Denmark’s squad doc Morten Boesen released a connection via aggregate outlets, stating Eriksen’s "pacemaker is responding arsenic it should."

Christian Eriksen of Denmark looks connected during a UEFA planetary affable betwixt DR Congo and Denmark astatine Stade Maurice Dufrasne successful Liege, Belgium, connected June 3, 2026. (Ulrik Pedersen/NurPhoto)

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"He was concisely unconscious, but regained consciousness precise quickly, and we were rapidly successful interaction with him," Boesen’s connection read.

"He volition not acquisition further examinations astatine the infirmary to find what caused the incident. We are successful ongoing interaction with him and the doctors astatine the hospital. But Christian is doing well, and helium asked maine to nonstop his regards to each the players and archer them that helium was okay."

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