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On [[25 August]] [[2007]], Puerta collapsed and lost consciousness in the [[penalty area]] due to a [[cardiac arrest]] during Sevilla's first match of the [[La Liga 2007-08|2007-08 La Liga]] season at their home stadium [[Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán]] against [[Getafe CF|Getafe]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sevilla star suffers heart attack |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6964586.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=[[2007-08-25]] |accessdate=2007-08-25 }}</ref> He was seen crouching and then subsequently collapsing upon moving back to his team's [[Football pitch#Goals|goal]], after only 35 minutes of the game had passed.<ref name="guardian" |
On [[25 August]] [[2007]], Puerta collapsed and lost consciousness in the [[penalty area]] due to a [[cardiac arrest]] during Sevilla's first match of the [[La Liga 2007-08|2007-08 La Liga]] season at their home stadium [[Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán]] against [[Getafe CF|Getafe]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sevilla star suffers heart attack |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6964586.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=[[2007-08-25]] |accessdate=2007-08-25 }}</ref> He was seen crouching and then subsequently collapsing upon moving back to his team's [[Football pitch#Goals|goal]], after only 35 minutes of the game had passed.<ref name="guardian">{{cite news |title=Sevilla midfielder Puerta dies |url=http://football.guardian.co.uk/europeanfootball/story/0,,2157667,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront |publisher=Guardian Unlimited |date=[[2007-08-28]] |accessdate=2007-08-28 }}</ref> His teammates [[Ivica Dragutinović]], [[Andrés Palop]] and a club medical staff and other players were then seen immediately running to his side as he lost consciousness. As a mark of respect, players from both Sevilla and city rivals [[Real Betis]] attended his funeral days after his death. |
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After recovering and being substituted, Puerta collapsed once again in the changing room. He was resuscitated by club medical staff and taken, by ambulance, to the [[intensive care unit]] of Virgen del Rocio hospital, Seville, where he received [[cardiopulmonary resuscitation]].<ref>{{cite news |title=PUERTA ESTÁ "ESTABLE", DESPUÉS DE QUE SE HAYA "TEMIDO POR SU VIDA" |url=http://www.as.com/articulo/Futbol/Puerta/desvanece/abandona/estadio/ambulancia/dasftb/20070825dasdasftb_15/Tes/ |publisher=AS |date=[[2007-08-25]] |accessdate=2007-08-28 |language=Spanish }}</ref> |
After recovering and being substituted, Puerta collapsed once again in the changing room. He was resuscitated by club medical staff and taken, by ambulance, to the [[intensive care unit]] of Virgen del Rocio hospital, Seville, where he received [[cardiopulmonary resuscitation]].<ref>{{cite news |title=PUERTA ESTÁ "ESTABLE", DESPUÉS DE QUE SE HAYA "TEMIDO POR SU VIDA" |url=http://www.as.com/articulo/Futbol/Puerta/desvanece/abandona/estadio/ambulancia/dasftb/20070825dasdasftb_15/Tes/ |publisher=AS |date=[[2007-08-25]] |accessdate=2007-08-28 |language=Spanish }}</ref> |
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| Full name | Antonio José Puerta Pérez | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
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Antonio José Puerta Pérez (26 November 1984 – 28 August 2007) was a Spanish international football midfielder. He played for Sevilla FC in La Liga. Affected with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, he died on 28 August 2007, three days after suffering a series of cardiac arrests during a league game against Getafe CF on 25 August 2007.[1]
Career
A natural left-footer, Puerta joined Sevilla as a boy and spent a total of 14 years at the club,[2] growing up at the club's acclaimed youth system alongside other players such as Sergio Ramos, Jesús Navas, José Antonio Reyes, Alejandro Alfaro and Kepa Blanco.[3] He played on the left side of midfield, although he did occasionally fill in at left back. His impressive performances earned him international recognition and reported interest from Arsenal, Manchester United and Real Madrid.[4]
Antonio is remembered by the goal that he scored against FC Schalke 04 in the UEFA Cup 2005/06 semifinals. In the final moments of the match, he received a long ball and struck it with his left foot, scoring one of the most important goals in Sevilla FC history. From then on, the team won five titles in fifteen months, a record in football history, with Puerta scoring the winning penalty in the UEFA Cup Final 2006-07 shoot-out.
Puerta was capped once by the Spanish national side, making his debut on October 7, 2006, against Sweden in a qualification match for the 2008 UEFA European Football Championship.[3] He was also capped for Spain U-21.
Death
On 25 August 2007, Puerta collapsed and lost consciousness in the penalty area due to a cardiac arrest during Sevilla's first match of the 2007-08 La Liga season at their home stadium Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán against Getafe.[5] He was seen crouching and then subsequently collapsing upon moving back to his team's goal, after only 35 minutes of the game had passed.[2] His teammates Ivica Dragutinović, Andrés Palop and a club medical staff and other players were then seen immediately running to his side as he lost consciousness. As a mark of respect, players from both Sevilla and city rivals Real Betis attended his funeral days after his death.
After recovering and being substituted, Puerta collapsed once again in the changing room. He was resuscitated by club medical staff and taken, by ambulance, to the intensive care unit of Virgen del Rocio hospital, Seville, where he received cardiopulmonary resuscitation.[6]
Antonio Puerta died on 28 August 2007 at 14:30.[7][8] Doctor Francisco Murillo reported that Puerta had suffered multiple organ failure and irreversible brain damage as a result of multiple prolonged cardiac arrests due to an incurable, hereditary heart disease known as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.[9] There is no official word on whether he had ever been equipped with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. Puerta's premature death from heart problems is similar to those of Marc-Vivien Foé, Matt Gadsby, Miklós Fehér, Renato Curi, Serginho and Phil O'Donnell all of whom collapsed whilst playing in football matches. His girlfriend was expecting their first child at the time of his death.[2]
Tributes
As a result of Antonio Puerta's death, Sevilla's UEFA Champions League qualifier against AEK Athens was postponed until the fourth of September - which Sevilla subsequently won 4-1 . The club also announced that a one-minute silence would be held before every La Liga match on the weekend of September 1-2, 2007. Also, every 16th minute the crowd at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan (Sevilla's stadium) would increase the volume for a whole minute as an informal tribute (Puerta wore the number 16 shirt for Sevilla).
Sevilla's European Super Cup game with AC Milan on 31 August, 2007 went ahead as a tribute to Antonio Puerta, with all the players on both teams having the name 'PUERTA' printed on the back of their jersey. The players and officials on both sides also wore black armbands.
Sevilla FC subsequently retired Puerta's number 16 shirt, with the provision that should his son, Aitor Antonio (born October 22, 2007)[10], one day play for the club he will have the option to bring the number out of retirement.[11] However are not allowed to do so as the Spanish Football Federation rules state that clubs must use number 1 to 25 for their regular squad and that there is no room for manoeuvre when it comes to altering that list. As a result, David Prieto will don the number 16 next term in honour of his friend. Following his death, FIFA ordered the installation of resuscitation rooms in every stadium that hosted the South American World Cup qualifiers.[12]
Former Sevilla and Spanish national teammate Sergio Ramos wore a shirt with Puerta's picture on the front and the number 16, of Puerta, on the back during the celebrations of Spain's Euro 2008 victory. The shirt read "Siempre con nosotros" or, "always with us". Ramos also wore a shirt with Real Madrid that showed his brotherhood with Puerta during a game against Villarreal when Ruud van Nistelrooy scored a goal.
Honours
Club
Sevilla FC
- UEFA Cup: 2006, 2007
- UEFA Super Cup: 2006
- Spanish Super Cup: 2007
- Copa del Rey: 2007
See also
References
- ^ Sevilla star dies after collapse
- ^ a b c "Sevilla midfielder Puerta dies". Guardian Unlimited. 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ a b Mark Ellington (2007-08-28). "Spanish football reels after death of Puerta". Reuters. Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Graeme Bailey (2006-12-13). "United join Puerta race". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "Sevilla star suffers heart attack". BBC Sport. 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2007-08-25.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "PUERTA ESTÁ "ESTABLE", DESPUÉS DE QUE SE HAYA "TEMIDO POR SU VIDA"" (in Spanish). AS. 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Fallece el sevillista Antonio Puerta tras más de dos días en la UCI" (in Spanish). El Mundo. 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Sevilla's Puerta dies three days after collapse". ESPNsoccernet. 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Fallece el futbolista del Sevilla Antonio Puerta" (in Spanish). El Pais. 2007-08-28. Retrieved 2007-08-28.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ "Girlfriend of Sevilla's deceased midfielder Antonio Puerta gives birth to his son". The International Herald Tribune. 2007-10-23.
{{cite web}}: Text "accessdate-2007-10-23" ignored (help) - ^ "Del Nido anuncia que el Sevilla retirará el dorsal '16'". 2007-09-01.
- ^ Diario Marca 29th August, 2007
