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Antonio José Puerta Pérez (b. 26 November 1984 d. 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, 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.
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 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 team-mates Ivica Dragutinović, Andrés Palop and a club medical staff were then seen immediately running to his side as he began to lose consciousness.
After recovering and being substituted, Puerta collapsed once again in the changing room. He was taken to the hospital in an ambulance, where he received cardiopulmonary resuscitation.[6] Doctors reported that his condition had deteriorated since arriving at hospital, and he eventually passed away at the Virgen del Rocio hospital in Seville on 28 August.[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 and Serginho, all of whom collapsed whilst playing in football matches.
His girlfriend was expecting their first child at the time of his death.[2] As a result of Antonio Puerta's death, Sevilla's UEFA Champions League qualifier against AEK Athens was postponed until the fourth of September, when Sevilla won 4-1 . The club have also announced that a one-minute silence will be respected before every La Liga match on the weekend of September 1/2. Sevilla's European Super Cup game with AC Milan on 31 August 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 beneath the number.
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]
Honours
Club
Sevilla FC
- UEFA Cup: 2006, 2007
- UEFA Super Cup: 2006
- Spanish Super Cup: 2007
- Copa del Rey: 2007
- Licursi Cup: 2007
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.
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