Croatian footballer Marin Cacic, 28 years old, died after suffering a heart attack during training on 20 December , his club NK Nehaj reported in a statement via Facebook.
Cacic suffered a heart attack in the middle of a training session and was later taken to the hospital where the doctors induced him to a coma. Despite the efforts of doctors, the player of 23 died three days after the attack.
The Croatian began his career in the youth ranks of Rijeka. He then played a season in Italy with Isernia from Serie D and finally returned to his home country to play for NK Nehaj, his last club .
In recent months there have been several cases of footballers and athletes who have suffered from failures heart disease that have separated them from football or have lost their lives.
One of the last most famous cases was that of “Kun” Agüero, who had to retire from football due to a malignant cardiac arrhythmia that he suffered during a game of La Liga.
Also in 2021, the case of the Danish Christian Eriksen who suffered a heart attack in the European Championship and has not yet been able to return to play football. The Danish footballer had to undergo surgery to place an implantable automatic defibrillator.
The treating doctors have assured that it is not It is not recommended that the footballer of Without a doubt this would be a hard blow for the talented player.
There is still no clear explanation why several players have had this type of injury in recent months .