Christian Eriksen collapses during Denmark friendly

Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch in a match against Ukraine on Sunday but was conscious as medics led him from the field. The incident occurred during an end-of-season friendly between two sides who have not qualified for the World Cup, and the referee abandoned the match early.

Medics tended to Eriksen quickly in Odense while players from both teams formed a ring around him, and he was eventually able to walk to an ambulance. Denmark’s football federation said he was conscious and “doing well under the circumstances”. National team doctor Morten Boesen said the player was “briefly unconscious, but regained consciousness very quickly … and walked off the pitch by himself”.

Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest during a European Championship match in 2021 and was fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), which can reset the heart after a cardiac arrest and allowed him to resume his playing career.

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