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Juan Izquierdo, a Uruguayan soccer player who collapsed on the field during a game in Brazil last week, died on Tuesday, his team said.
Izquierdo, 27, was playing for Nacional, a Uruguayan club, in the Copa Libertadores, a top South American tournament, when he suffered cardiac arrhythmia, or an irregular heartbeat, and cardiac arrest on Aug. 22, his team said. They were playing against the Brazilian team São Paulo.
Players from both teams appeared shocked and distressed at the Morumbi stadium as Izquierdo was placed in an ambulance and rushed to a hospital.
Nacional said doctors at a hospital in São Paulo put Izquierdo in intensive care and placed him on a ventilator. The episode also affected his brain.