List of association footballers who died while playing

Date	Name	Age	Team	Notes
	William Cropper	26	Staveley	Ruptured bowel in a match against Grimsby Town led to death the next day.
	James Dunlop	21	St Mirren	Tetanus from fall on piece of glass in a friendly game against Abercorn led to death ten days later, at the age of 21.
	John Henry Morris	26	Shrewsbury Town	Internal haemorrhage following a bad tackle in a bad tempered match. A verdict of accidental death was returned.
	Walter Bannister	24	Chesterfield Town	Rupture of the kidney from a tackle in game against Derby Junction; he died almost three weeks later.
	Teddy Smith	27	Bedminster	Suffered severe concussion following a clash of heads in the Gloucestershire Cup semi-final against Eastville Rovers. He continued playing initially, but was eventually forced to leave the game and died from his injury the next morning.
	James Logan	25	Loughborough F.C.	Pneumonia while playing.
	Joe Powell	25	Woolwich Arsenal	Blood poisoning and tetanus after breaking his arm against Kettering Town in 1896.
	James Collins		Sheppey United	Tetanus caused by on-field injury.
	Di Jones	35?	Manchester City	Gashed knee turned septic leading to death.
	David "Soldier" Wilson	23	Leeds City	Heart attack while playing against Burnley, probably from heavy smoking. He attempted to return to the field of play even when in great pain.
	Tommy Blackstock	25	Manchester United	Collapsed after heading a ball in a game against St. Helens and died.
	Frank Levick	26	Sheffield United	Pneumonia during recovery from collar bone broken playing against Newcastle United on 1 January 1908. Attending Dr Selby of Attercliffe noted heart failure at 1:40pm on 1 February 1908 at his father's house on 125 Plumpers Road Tinsley Sheffield
	James Main	23	Hibernian	Fatal stomach injuries during a Christmas Day match in 1909 against Partick Thistle at Firhill on a frostbound pitch, after colliding with a Thistle player, led to death four days later.
	Bob Benson	33	Arsenal	Burst blood vessel following a wartime game against Reading.
	Horace Fairhurst	27	Blackpool	Head injury in a league game at Barnsley in December 1920; died as a result of his injury early in the new year.
	Nikola Gazdić		Hajduk Split	Late stage tuberculosis after a game against Građanski Zagreb, Hajduk's greatest rival at the time.
	Joshua Wilkinson	24	Dumbarton	Goalkeeper who died from peritonitis two days after a game against Rangers.
	Tom Butler		Port Vale	Died from tetanus eight days after fracturing his arm in a match.
	Georges Le Bidois	26	Stade Olympique de l'Est	During a season-ending match of the, the goalkeeper Georges Le Bidois received a violent kick at his carotid from Swiss Aron Pollitz of US Suisse Paris, which made him succumbed in the locker room. Upon the announcement of his death, the game was called off.
	Albert Van Coile	27	Cercle Brugge	Perforated bowel after a collision with an opponent. Died one day later.
	Sam Wynne	30	Bury	Collapsed and died on the field of pneumonia during a match against Sheffield United, although Bury claim it was a cerebral hemorrhage.
	David Arellano	24	Colo-Colo	Peritonitis after being hit by an opposing player during the match. Shortly after the incident Arellano was brought to a nearby clinic where he ultimately died.
	John Thomson	22	Celtic	Injured during an Old Firm match when he dived for the ball and suffered a fractured skull in an accidental collision with Rangers' Sam English. He died that same evening.
	Jón Kristbjörnsson	22	Valur	A goalkeeper who collided with a striker from KR Reykjavik and suffered a head injury in the last game of the Icelandic League on 13 June 1933. Was taken to hospital, where he died from his injuries on 17 June 1933.
	Sim Raleigh	25	Gillingham	Died after a clash of heads with Brighton & Hove Albion's Paul Mooney in a game, who subsequently retired.
	Jimmy Utterson	21	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Died from serious head injuries sustained in a Football League match against Middlesbrough on 18 September 1935. The Football League changed the rules of the game due to Utterson's death and a couple of other goalkeepers who died around the same time.
	Jimmy Thorpe	22	Sunderland	When playing as goalkeeper, Thorpe, a diabetic, collapsed into a coma from which he never recovered, attributed to the rough treatment he received on the pitch in a game against Chelsea. His death led to the rule that players were no longer able to kick the ball out of the goalkeeper's arms.
	Jorge Chávez Boza		Atlético Chalaco	Playing in a friendly match for Atlético Chalaco, Chávez Boza had his femoral artery injured by Víctor Guarderas Lavalle from Alianza Lima. His limb was amputated which later led to his death since having diabetes.
	Asbjørn Rønneberg	17	Hof IL	Collapsed with a heart attack during the away game against Ramnes IL. He died within minutes after he was carried off the pitch.
	Law Adam	32	Thor	After retirement at the age of 24 due to heart problems in 1933, Adam was playing for Thor against Anasher in Surabaya in the Dutch East Indies on 15 May 1941. He suffered a heart attack which led to his death.
	Isaac Angulo		Alianza Lima	Collapsed during a friendly match against a saltpeter workers team in Antofagasta, Chile. He died from a possible cardiac arrest.
	Gustav Fähland		TSV Braunschweig	Internal bleeding a few days after a collision with an opposing player in a match between his club TSV Braunschweig and SV Werder Bremen on 13 February 1949.
	Mitotônio	35	Ceará	Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to stomach congestion.
	John Kirkby	23	Wrexham	Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to a cardiac arrest.
	Constantin Tabarcea	26	Petrolul Ploieşti	Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to unusual activity of the thymus gland.
	Petar Radaković	29	NK Rijeka	Collapsed during a training session due to a heart ailment and died on the way to the hospital.
	Tony Allden		Highgate United	Struck by lightning during an FA Amateur Cup quarterfinal against Enfield.
	Pedro Berruezo	27	Sevilla F.C.	Heart attack during a Segunda División match against Pontevedra. He had collapsed in previous matches against Alicante, Sabadell, and Barakaldo. He had received treatment for his condition, but collapsed for the last time at the Estadio Municipal de Pasarón, without ever regaining consciousness.
	Pavão	26	F.C. Porto	Heart attack during a league game.
	Ángel Avilés		Deportivo Junín	Collapsed on the field after a run with the ball, playing against Atlético Chalaco at the Estadio Nacional del Perú, he previously had heart complications since playing for Colegio Nacional Iquitos. A stadium in Moyobamba was named after him.
	Tony Aveyard	21	Scarborough	Head injuries received during match.
	Michel Soulier	27	Namur	Died as a result of an attack in a Belgian Cup away match against Anderlecht at Parc Astrid. in Namur was named in his honor.
	Renato Curi	24	Perugia	Heart attack while playing in a Serie A match against Juventus. Perugia's ground is named after him.
	Omar Sahnoun	24	Bordeaux	Died from a heart attack during a club training.
	Hocine Benmiloudi	26	CR Belouizdad	Died during the Ligue 1 match against USM Aïn Beïda in Stade 20 Août 1955, from severe food poisoning.
	Carlos Alberto Barbosa	28	Sport	Died from infarction after fainting in the match against XV de Jaú.
	Erik Jongbloed	21	DWS	Struck by lightning during an exhibition game. Son of Jan Jongbloed, goalkeeper of the Dutch national team in both the 1974 and 1978 FIFA World Cup Final.
	José Antonio Gallardo	25	CD Málaga	Collided with an opponent on 21 December away to Celta de Vigo, underwent emergency surgery and returned home. Relapsed on 7 January with a cerebral haemorrhage and fell into an eight-day coma before dying.
	Paulo Navalho	20	Atlético Clube de Portugal	Acute myocardial infarction during a friendly match between Atletico and the UAE's Al-Jazira Club.
	Dursun Özbek	17	Galatasaray	Died from a heart attack in a training match in Florya.
	Sixto Rovina	27	Groningen	Collapsed at the moment he wanted to take a throw-in while playing against VV Hoogezand. He died of a heart attack.
	Samuel Okwaraji	24	Nigeria	Collapsed and died while playing against Angola in a World Cup Qualifier. An autopsy showed that the 24-year-old had an enlarged heart and high blood pressure.
	David Longhurst	25	York City	Heart attack on the pitch while playing against Lincoln City. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
	Michael Klein	33	Bayer Uerdingen	Heart attack during a training session.
	Gábor Zsiborás	35	MTK	The goalkeeper collapsed into a coma in the training session of Hungarian national team. After a week he died.
	Mukandi Tsimaya	28	Atromitos F.C.	Received an elbow hit in the neck by an opponent player, during a match against Panelefsiniakos. He died before going to hospital.
	Michael Goddard		Dundela	Died during a game against Dungannon Swifts at Stangmore Park after being struck in the chest by the ball.
	Amir Angwe	29	Julius Berger F.C.	Collapsed and died on the pitch of a heart attack.
	Hédi Berkhissa	24	Esperance Sportive de Tunis	Heart attack in a friendly game against Olympique Lyonnais at Stade Chedli Zouiten
	Waheeb Jabara	23	Hapoel Taibe	Heart attack while playing against Bnei Yehuda.
	Robbie James	40	Llanelli A.F.C.	Cardiomyopathy.
	Axel Jüptner	29	Carl Zeiss Jena	Died suddenly of a heart attack during training.
	Ferenc Biro	15	Nirajul Miercurea-Nir.	Died after a crossbar fell on his head during a warmup.
	Stefan Vrăbioru	23	Astra Ploieşti	Undetected heart defect that led to his collapse.
	Daniel Orbeanu	18	Caraimanul Buşteni	Died after an infection from a simple sprain, misdiagnosed by four different hospitals.
	John Ikoroma	17	Al-Wahda S.C.C.	Collapsed on the pitch and later died in hospital.
	Eri Irianto	26	Persebaya Surabaya	Died in hospital due to heart failure after a game between Persebaya and PSIM Yogyakarta.
	Robert Mitwerandu	30	Raków Częstochowa	Died from a heart attack in his house's bathroom, at the same night when his team lost 1–3 to Polar Wrocław.
	Hocine Gacemi	24	JS Kabylie	Died in a hospital in Paris, France, from a fractured skull after clash of heads two days earlier
	Ivan Krstić	19	Radnički Niš	Struck by lightning during a training session and was killed instantly.
	Cătălin Hîldan	24	Dinamo Bucharest	Died while playing for Dinamo; In the 74th minute of a friendly game against Olteniţa, Hîldan had a heart attack, and fell to the ground. The North Stand of Dinamo's stadium is named in his honour.
	Serhiy Perkhun	23	CSKA Moscow	Injured in a collision with Budun Budunov who also sustained serious head trauma. He received a brain hemorrhage and died eight days later.
	Cédric Lestic	26	AS Cherbourg	Died during a training session at André-Picquenot Stadium in Tourlaville as a result of a heart attack.
	Cristian Neamțu	21	Universitatea Craiova	Accidentally struck in the mandible by a teammate charging towards goal. Internal bleeding was discovered, before he died one week later.
	Marcio Dos Santos	28	Deportivo Wanka	Dos Santos suffered a heart attack after a game of his Peruvian club Deportivo Wanka, which scored a goal in the 3–1 win over Alianza Lima.
	Hernán Gaviria	32	Deportivo Cali	Struck by lightning during a training session, and was killed instantly.
	Giovanni Córdoba	24	Deportivo Cali	Struck by the same lightning that killed Hernán Gaviria, and died three days later from the injuries.
	Stefan Toleski	23	FK Napredok	Collapsed during a match and later died in a hospital.
	Marvin Lee	21	Trinidad and Tobago U20	Sustained neck and spinal injuries in a collision with Landon Donovan during the 2001 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament on 20 March 2001. Paralysed, he died two years later on 9 March 2003 having stopped breathing.
	Marc-Vivien Foé	28	Cameroon	Collapsed while playing in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final between his country and Colombia, and died shortly afterward in hospital. An autopsy later revealed the cause of death was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
	Ali Bakar	55	Malaysia and Penang	Suffered a heart attack and died on the field while playing in a charity football match in Singapore in 2003.
	Miklós Fehér	24	Benfica	Cardiac arrest caused by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy while playing against Vitória.
	Danny Ortiz	27	CSD Municipal	Torn pericardium during a match against CSD Comunicaciones when he collided with Mario Rafael Rodríguez. He died later in a hospital.
	Serginho	30	São Caetano	Sudden cardiac death during a Campeonato Brasileiro Série A match against São Paulo. His death motivated a revamping of practices in medical assistance from clubs and stricter preventive measures in sports grounds in Brazil.
	Cristiano Júnior	24	Dempo Sports Club	Collided with Mohun Bagan goalkeeper Subrata Paul in the 78th minute of the Federation Cup finals while scoring his second goal. He staggered away, then collapsed. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful and he was pronounced dead upon arrival at Hosmat Hospital.
	Paul Sykes	28	Folkestone Invicta	Collapsed on the pitch 30 minutes into the game against Margate F.C. in the Kent Senior Cup Semi-Final. An undiagnosed heart defect was identified as the cause of his death.
	Alin Paicu	32	Minerul Mătăsari	Collapsed after heading a ball. Died of a heart attack.
	Hugo Cunha	28	U.D. Leiria	Died suddenly from a cardiac arrest during a football match played with friends in Montemor-o-Novo.
	Victor Alfonso Guerrero	17	Envigado F.C.	Died suddenly during a training match. He had lost consciousness on the ground and his body had arrived lifeless to the hospital.
	Rasmus Green	26	Næstved BK	Heart attack during a training session and was, despite revival attempts from teammates and a doctor, declared dead upon arrival at the local hospital. The number 7 was afterwards retired in his honor.
	Gökmen Yıldıran	28	Elazığspor	Suffered a heart attack during training, he died before being taken to the hospital.
	Mohamed Abdelwahab	23	Al Ahly	Died from undetected heart defect during a training match.
	Matt Gadsby	27	Hinckley United	Collapsed on the pitch during a Conference North game against Harrogate Town and died soon afterwards at Harrogate District Hospital. Medical tests revealed he died from a heart condition known as arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy.
	Nilton Pereira Mendes	30	FC Shakhter Karagandy	Collapsed on the pitch during a training session with his club and died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. The Brazilian was a former top scorer and best player for the Kazakhstan Premier League.
	Ivan Karačić	19	NK Široki Brijeg	Heart attack and died during a training match in Široki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
	Anton Reid	16	Walsall	Collapsed and died during youth team pre-season training. An inquest recorded a verdict of natural causes.
	Antonio Puerta	22	Sevilla FC	Collapsed during a match against Getafe C.F.. He died later in hospital after several cardiac arrests. Autopsy revealed arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy
	Chaswe Nsofwa	28	Hapoel Beersheba	Sudden heart failure during a training match against Maccabi Beersheba.
	Phil O'Donnell	35	Motherwell	Collapsed during his team's 5–3 win against Dundee United with what was later confirmed as left ventricular failure. He died on the way to the hospital.
	Guy Tchingoma	22	FC 105 Libreville	Died shortly after a league game against Union Sportive O'Mbila. During the match, he collided with an opponent. He managed to finish the game, but collapsed shortly after and medics were unable to revive him.
	Hervé King	27	Ringmer	Collapsed 17 minutes into a game against Three Bridges of an undetermined cause.
	Hrvoje Ćustić	24	NK Zadar	Collided with a concrete wall during a game against Cibalia and died in a hospital 5 days later of severe head injuries
	Rustem Bulatov	34	Torpedo SDYuSShOR Kaluga	Felt ill during a game, died later that day in a hospital.
	Jumadi Abdi	26	PKT Bontang	Collapsed after an incident with Denny Tarkas during the match of his club PKT Bontang against Persela Lamongan. Denny kicked Jumadi's stomach when he was trying to get the ball. Jumadi died in a hospital 8 days later of severe infection.
	Víctor Hugo Ávalos	37	Villa Florida	Heart attack during a match against Salesianito. He died the next day.
	Orobosan Adun	28	Warri Wolves FC	Before an away match with Enugu Rangers, goalkeeper Adun of Warri Wolves FC, was assaulted by thugs suspected to be fans of the opposition team. Adun died 3 days later from internal haemorrhage, during a training session.
	Daniel Jarque	26	RCD Espanyol	Cardiac arrest following a training session.
	Alexandru Iatan	19	Dunărea Giurgiu	The Romanian goalkeeper was hit in the abdominal area with a ball while trying to defend a penalty kick during team training. He continued his training but a few moments later he collapsed and died of cardiac arrest.
	Maurizio Greco	25	TuS Güldenstern Stade	Collapsed during the match of his club TuS Güldenstern Stade against Lupo Martini Wolfsburg at Campers Höhe and died later in the hospital.
	Salem Saad	31	Al-Nasr	Died of a heart attack during a training session.
	Yannick Dago	17	Arras Football	Collapsed during the match of his under-19 team club Arras Football against Etoile Sportive Anzin Saint Aubin and died later on a heart attack.
	Endurance Idahor	25	Al-Merreikh	Collapsed during the match of his Sudanese club Al Merreikh against Alamal Atbara. He died in the ambulance. Autopsy report revealed that he suffered a circulatory collapse from a heart attack.
	Bartholomew Opoku	19	Kessben F.C.	Collapsed the day before while playing against league side Liberty. He was quickly taken to hospital and is understood to have stabilized overnight. His death was announced the next day by his club.
	Goran Tunjić	32	Mladost FC	Heart attack during a 5th Division match. It was widely reported that Tunjić had been booked by the referee for diving, though such reports were later refuted by some sources.
	Ambrose Wleh	24	Invincible Eleven	Heart failure in a match against Mighty Barrolle. He came on as a substitute in the second half before collapsing in the center circle with no other players near him. He died shortly afterwards upon arrival to a hospital in Monrovia, Liberia.
	Wilson Mene	22	Prek Pra Keila	Collapsed during a league match. He played in Metfone Cambodian League at National Olympic Stadium.
	Victor Omogbehin	22	Ilford F.C.	Collapsed during a league match. He played in the Isthmian Football League game from Ilford against Lowestoft Town FC.
	Benjamin Owusu	21	Cavaliers FC Parakou	Collapsed while playing in Benin.
	Emmanuel Ogoli	21	Ocean Boys F.C.	Collapsed on the pitch while playing a league match, and died later in a hospital.
	Lokissimbaye Loko	30	FC Beaumontois	Heart attack during a Ligue Midi-Pyrenees match.
	Naoki Matsuda	34	Matsumoto Yamaga F.C.	Collapsed during training on 2 August 2011 due to a cardiac arrest after finishing a 15-minute warmup run, and doctors diagnosed his condition as "extremely severe". After two days, he died on 4 August.
	Bobsam Elejiko	30	K. Merksem S.C.	Collapsed and died while playing a 5th tier match for K. Merksem S.C. against F.C. Exc. Kaart
	Dhanraj Venkatesh	27	Bangalore Mars	Collapsed toward the end of the game; reports suggest cardiac arrest as the cause of death.
	Patrick Grange	29	University of New Mexico	Died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, after already having chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
	Piermario Morosini	25	Livorno	Collapsed during a Serie B game against Pescara. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.
			ASC Nasr Zem Zem	Collapsed twenty minutes into a game against FC Legwareb-FC Trarza in a Mauritanian Premier League match. Died on arrival at a hospital due to cardiac arrest. The game was postponed and replayed on 26 May, with Zem Zem winning 2–1.
	Chinonso Ihelwere Henry	21	Delta Tulcea	Collapsed during a friendly game against FC Balotesti in the 86th minute, after having been brought on for only 10 minutes. With the temperature being 40 °C, doctors tried reviving the Nigerian player for 30 minutes before declaring him dead. Supposedly, he underwent health tests a week before his death with no signs of problems detected. The cause was of his death was heart failure.
	Victor Brannstrom	29	Piteå IF	Collapsed shortly after scoring during a meeting in the Division 2, in which he suffered a cardiac arrest and died after arriving at hospital.
	Joshua Pepple	24	LKS Pomorzanin Nowogard	Collapsed from a heart attack in a league game against Iskierka Szczecin and died on the pitch.
	Jaouad Akaddar	28	Hassania Agadir	Suffered a heart attack immediately after the end of a match.
	Quentin Margueritte	25	USON Mondeville	Collapsed during a training session of his club USON Mondeville. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.
	Dominik Rupp	23	FSV Hemmersdorf	Collapsed during a Saarlandliga game against Saar 05 Saarbrücken. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.
	Berat Sacipi	31	SV Inter Itzehoe	Collapsed during a Kreisklasse A Steinburg game against ABC Wesseln. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.
	Mohammad Fahad	32	Al-Sulaibikhat	In a non-official match played in May 2013, Mohammed Fahad collided with another player, causing him a severe bleeding in the brain and coma until the dawn of 17 June 2013, when he died.
	Alen Pamić	23	NK Istra 1961	Collapsed during a retreat game for MNK Maružini of a heart attack.
	Yair Clavijo	18	Sporting Cristal	The 18-year-old footballer from Sporting Cristal died during a reserve match against Real Garcilaso on 20 June 2013. The autopsy determined he died from a cerebral edema with brain herniation caused by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
	Sékou Camara	27	Pelita Bandung Raya	Collapsed on the field during his team's practice session in Bandung. He was rushed to the nearest hospital, but died on the way there. The cause of death was a heart attack.
	Matthias Viereckl	19	SC Marchtrenk	Died in a friendly game against Union Steinhaus.
	Alex Marques	20	G.D. Tourizense	Cardiac arrest after seven minutes of the match between Tourizense and Carapinheirense.
	Jamie Skinner	13	Tynecastle	Cardiac arrest during a game in the Saughton Park in Edinburgh.
	Kevon Carter	30	Defence Force	Died of a heart attack after feeling chest pains during a training session in the morning.
	Akli Fairuz	27	Persiraja	Died after colliding with opposition goalkeeper during a match in the Indonesian Premier League. Fairuz was substituted and admitted to hospital but died due to internal bleeding the next day.
	Albert Ebossé Bodjongo	24	JS Kabylie	Hit by a projectile while leaving the pitch. However a post-mortem examination showed he may have actually died from a severe beating.
	Peter Biaksangzuala	23	Bethlehem Vengthlang	Died from spinal injuries that occurred as he landed awkwardly while celebrating a goal at 61 minutes against Chanmari West.
	Dipak Adhikari		Abu Dhabi Police Force Team	The Nepalese born player and member of the Abu Dhabi Police's team died after collapsing during a match.
	Ben Hiscox	30	Stoke Gifford	While tackling during a league match against Mangotsfield Sports, the English footballer stumbled and fell backwards, hitting his head against the wall of Stoke Gifford's clubhouse. He died a few days later.
	Gregory Mertens	24	Sporting Lokeren	Belgian footballer Gregory Mertens died of heart failure, three days after collapsing during a reserve team match against Genk, having never regained consciousness after receiving CPR during the first half.
	Tim Nicot	23	Beerschot-Wilrijk	Belgian footballer died of heart failure, only two weeks after Gregory Mertens, during a tournament game.
	Emanuel Ortega	21	San Martín de Burzaco	Argentine footballer dies after sustaining fatal head injury against a perimeter wall during a Primera C match. All football activities under the Argentine Football Association were suspended the following week, and cushioning protection was made mandatory for such structures.
	Cristian Gómez	27	Club Atlético Paraná	Argentine footballer died of heart failure during a Primera B Nacional match.
	Shetemi Ayetigbo	16	Belvedere	During a Dublin & District Schoolboy League game against St Kevin's Boys, Ayetigbo, a Nigerian-Irish footballer collapsed and died.
	David Oniya	30	T-Team	Nigerian footballer collapsed three minutes after kick-off in a friendly match against Kelantan and died less one hour later in hospital.
	Junior Dian	23	Tonbridge Angels	Collapsed in a pre-season friendly game at Whyteleafe.
	Sergei Filippenkov	44	FC Zenit Penza	Died during a friendly match between veteran teams in Pensa.
	Stefan Petrovski	18	Melaka United	Struck by lightning while training on 5 April, died in hospital.
	Patrick Ekeng	26	Dinamo București	Collapsed in a match against FC Viitorul Constanța seven minutes after he came on from the bench and was taken to hospital, where he died less than two hours later.
	Bernardo Ribeiro	26	Friburguense	Brazilian footballer for Friburguense collapsed during a friendly match before being taken to a hospital, where he died of a suspected heart attack.
	Jeanine Christelle Djomnang	26	Cameroon	Cameroonian goalkeeper, collapsed during her warm-up before a match in Cameroon. She died of a suspected heart attack.
	Antony Stott	26	Thirroul Thunder	Australian amateur footballer, collapsed 10 minutes into a match against Sandon Point and died en route to hospital. Cause of death suspected to have been a cardiac arrest.
	Michael Umanika	20	Zagatala	Nigerian midfielder for Zagatala PFK collapsed during a team training session in Zagatala. He died of a suspected heart attack.
	Ben Idrissa Dermé	34	AJ Biguglia	Died of a heart attack during a French cup match.
	Dan Wilkinson	26	Shaw Lane	Suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch in an Integro League Cup match against Brighouse Town. He died in the following hours in hospital.
	Moïse Brou Apanga	35	FC 105 Libreville	Ivorian-born Gabonese defender for FC 105 Libreville died after suffering a heart attack during team training.
	Gofaone Tiro	26	Township Rollers	Botswana winger; collapsed of a heart attack during team training session and was pronounced dead upon arrival at hospital.
	Aseged Tesfaye	46	Ethiopian Coffee	Ethiopian striker; collapsed of a heart attack during team training session and was pronounced dead upon arrival at hospital. Doctors described the cause of death as Mitral Valve Regurgitation.
	Cheick Tioté	30	Beijing Enterprises	Ivorian defensive midfielder; collapsed and lost consciousness during a training session and was pronounced dead later that day with a suspected death cause of a heart attack.
	Choirul Huda	38	Persela Lamongan	Indonesian goalkeeper; while trying to retrieve the match ball from an opponent during a match against Semen Padang, he collided with his teammate Ramon Rodrigues and suffered injuries to his lower jaw and head. He was briefly conscious immediately after the collision, but later succumbed to his injuries in a local hospital.
	Joel Lobanzo	17	Royal Antwerp U19	Lobanzo collapsed in training with the U-19 team on 31 October. He died a day later during the night of 1–2 November. It is believed that a heart attack was the cause of death.
	Izzy Dezu	17	Shelbourne U16	Dezu became ill during a league match in the Athletic Union League Complex, as his club Shelbourne faced off against St. Kevin's Boys. He died later on the day, at a Hospital in Dublin.
	Bruno Boban	25	Marsonia 1909	Croatian winger; Boban collapsed during a match between Marsonia and Požega Slavonia. After several minutes of attempted resuscitation by medical staff and a retired doctor who was spectating, he was pronounced dead.
	Luyanda Ntshangase	21	Maritzburg United	South African midfielder who was struck by lightning during a friendly game on 1 May 2018. He died three days later from his injuries.
	Tijmen Steenbergen	13		Dutch goalkeeper who died in a C Youth league match on 1 September 2018, after a collision with the Left back.
	Ramon Neto da Costa	31	Araranguá Esporte Clube	Brazilian attacker who died during a friendly game on 6 October 2018.
	Faty Papy	28	Malanti Chiefs	Burundian midfielder, had a heart attack while playing in a match in Eswatini.
	Renan Henrique Santos	16	Água Santa U17	Collapsed during a training session. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.
	Radhakrishnan Dhanarajan	39	East Bengal F.C.	Dhanarajan was playing in an All India Sevens tournament at Perinthalmanna in Malappuram when he suddenly collapsed after suffering a loss of breath and chest pain. The incident occurred in the 27th minute of the match between FC Perinthalmanna and Sastha Thrissur. Though he was stretchered off and admitted to a hospital nearby, he could not be revived.
	Chineme Martins	22	Nasarawa United F.C.	Collapsed and died during a league game