Another footballer dies after playing a match in Brazil

5/8/2016 6:05:23 PM

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) A 26-year-old footballer named Bernardo Ribeiro took ill and died following a match in Brazil the Friburguense club said on Sunday.

Ribeiro a Friburguense player who was on vacation participated in an amateur match on Saturday in Recreio a city in Minas Gerais state and had to be replaced by a substitute when he started feeling ill in the first half the club said in a statement.

The forward was treated by paramedics on the field and transported to a hospital in Recreio where he died on Saturday night.

The cause of Ribeiro's death has not been determined Friburguense said adding that he may have died from a "sudden illness".

Ribeiro earlier this year played in the Rio de Janeiro regional championship the second most important tournament in Brazil with Friburguense a team based in the city of Nova Friburgo.

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