Increasingly, players are exposed to their suffer heart problems. We remember several incidents of this style that have left traumatic images in sports. Footballer Ahmed Refaat suffered cardiac arrest in the middle of the Egyptian League.
He Modern Future FC He was playing his fourteenth game in the Egyptian Premier League. The duel was against Al Ittihad at the Alexandria Stadium.
What seemed like a calm match, even without goals, It became an afternoon of great tension and concern for Egyptian football. The 88th minute of the game was passing, a time in which Ahmed Refaat collapsed on the platform due to heart problems.
The Egyptian footballer only had 20 minutes on the field. When he fell on the grass, the attacker was quickly treated by the Modern Future FC medical team. But the tension was palpable in the worried expressions of those involved.
“The player suffered cardiac arrest for more than an hour“, despite all resuscitation attempts by the medical staff,” was the information presented by the club, compiled by EFE, in relation to the critical incident of the 30-year-old attacker.
The Modern Future FC footballer was taken to the hospital from the emergency room Zamzam. It is there to date under observations and with a “medically unstable” statusexplained by the franchise.
Who is Ahmed Refaat?
At 30 years old, Ahmed Refaat is already a veteran Egyptian soccer player. The Egyptian attacker has played for Enppi SC, Zamalek, Ittihad Alex, El Masry, Future FC and his only experience outside of Egypt with the Al Wahda of the United Arab Emirates.
Ahmed Refaat is a player who has had the opportunity to represent the Egyptian national team in up to 7 games. The Future FC striker scored two goals in the FIFA Arab Cup in 2021.
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