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

Denmark’s Christian Eriksen collapsed during his team’s world friends lucifer against Ukraine connected Sunday.

Eriksen, who has a history of collapsing connected nan pitch, did truthful again arsenic thief rushed retired to meet him adjacent midfield.

Thankfully, nan Danish Football Union said successful a connection that he was "conscious and emotion good nether nan circumstances." The 34-year-old’s incident led to nan crippled being abandoned.

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Christian Eriksen of Denmark looks connected during nan 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 nan 61st infinitesimal astatine nan clip of Eriksen’s collapse.

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

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During nan European Championship betwixt Denmark and Finland successful June 2021, play was suspended aft a terrifying segment wherever Eriksen suffered a cardiac apprehension connected nan transportation successful nan first half of nan game.

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

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

Eriksen received 10 minutes of aesculapian attraction and was later taken disconnected nan pitch connected a stretcher pinch an oxygen disguise astir his mouth. Images began to move connected societal media astatine nan time, showing Eriksen awake and having a manus connected his forehead.

Eriksen was later transferred to a infirmary and was stabilized.

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

Denmark’s squad expert 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 world friends 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 very quickly, and we were quickly successful interaction pinch him," Boesen’s connection read.

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

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