Juan Izquierdo has died at the age of 27, days after collapsing during a game in Brazil, according to his Uruguayan club and South American football’s governing body.

The club, Nacional, posted a statement on social media saying Izquierdo’s death is felt ‘in deep pain and impact in our hearts’ and ‘all Nacional is in grief for his irreplaceable loss.’

South American soccer’s governing body also posted a tribute, just days after he collapsed on the field and was rushed to hospital, before the team announced he was in a ‘stable condition’.

Izquierdo was taken to Hospital Albert Einstein after he collapsed during a Copa Libertadores soccer match at Sao Paulo’s Morumbi Stadium last Thursday.

The hospital said in a statement late Tuesday that Izquierdo had ‘cardiorespiratory arrest associated with his cardiac arrhythmia.’

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