R.I.P Patrick Ekeng

[MichaelEFC96]

Dinamo Bucharest’s Patrick Ekeng dies after collapsing on pitch
• Cameroon international collapsed seven minutes after coming on
• Incident occurred after 69 minutes against Viitorul Constanta


Patrick Ekeng celebrates scoring for Dinamo Bucharest against Steaua Bucharest in last month’s Romanian Cup semi-final. Photograph: youtube.com


Guardian staff

Friday 6 May 2016 21.57 BSTLast modified on Friday 6 May 201622.08 BST

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The Dinamo Bucharest and Cameroon midfielder Patrick Ekeng has died in hospital, less than two hours after collapsing during a league match against Viitorul Constanta.

The player had been on the pitch for only seven minutes after his introduction as a second-half substitute when he fell to the floor, with his side 3-2 ahead, in the 70th minute. The match was being televised live in Romania. Local media reported that he suffered a heart attack.

Ekeng was taken by ambulance to the nearby Floreasca Emergency Hospital, which was swiftly surrounded by Dinamo fans desperate for news of a player who joined the club in January and was making his seventh league appearance. He had scored his first goal for the club in last month’s Romanian Cup semi-final, against their city rivals, Steaua Bucharest. Ekeng had previously played in Europe for Le Mans, Lausanne and Córdoba and had seven senior caps for Cameroon.

Digisport claimed it took two minutes and 47 seconds for Ekeng to be taken to the ambulance, which they said contained no specialist equipment and was intended to be used purely for transportation.

In October 2000 the then captain of Bucharest, Catalin Hildan, collapsed and died during a friendly game.


http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/06/dinamo-bucharest-patrick-ekeng-dies-collapse

Very sad. RIP.

 

[N.S.N.O.]

Always frightening when you hear a story like this....no one ever knows what lies ahead....

RIP

 

[dublinbluenose]

Jesus it's mad - fella goes out to play a match and doesn't come home.

RIP

 

[Deleted member 28206]

 

[dholliday]

RIP Patrick. Very sad.

This should raise more awareness, even if such a tragic thing is quite rare. Does it seem to happen more often to African footballers?

 

[the sniderman]

**swings in**

RIP Patrick. Very sad.

This should raise more awareness, even if such a tragic thing is quite rare. Does it seem to happen more often to African footballers?

**swings into side of skyscraper**

 

[muddy mudguard]

Rip lad! Such a shame...

 

[RomanReigns]

they need to introduce mandatory heart screenings in every league to avoid this from happening. There are probably players with heart defects that somehow miraculously play sport throughout their career with no problems but there will be the odd few here and there that have an unknown congenital heart defect and die suddenly usually of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) as a result of playing sport.

 

[Kiwi]

The sideline care for him was pretty poor mind.

 

[bflefc]

I actually know 3 British groundhoppers who were at that game as part of a Buharest weekender. They're beside themselves having witnessed it.

 

[blue76]

The sideline care for him was pretty poor mind.

They put him in the recovery position. Not standard procedure for a heart attack like.

 

[Kiwi]

They put him in the recovery position. Not standard procedure for a heart attack like.

Nope. You can just tell with the way he falls over and collapses that it's a heart attack.

 

[Kiwi]

They put him in the recovery position. Not standard procedure for a heart attack like.

Nope. You can just tell with the way he falls over and collapses that it's a heart attack.

 

[Darrenc34]

Such a young age to have a heart attack on the pitch whilst playing, reminds me on mark Vivienne foe for Cameroon. He was playing for Manchester city FC at the time. RIP

 

[dholliday]

**swings in**
**swings into side of skyscraper**

sadly another case, snidey:

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/may/09/goalkeeper-dies-warm-up-cameroon


Jeanine Christelle Djomnang died of a suspected heart attack during the warm-up. R.I.P.