List of association football players who died during their careers

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The following is an incomplete list of association footballers who died during their playing careers.

Association football players who died on the pitch or from pitch related incidents

Following an increase in deaths, both during matches and training, in 2007 the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) considered mandatory cardiac testing, already in place for years in some countries, such as Italy.

By 2009, FIFA pre-competition medical assessment included family history, heart rhythm, sounds, and electrocardiogram (ECG) results. The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) required extensive medical tests, including ECG and echocardiogram for players in the Europa League 2011–12. Constant monitoring has been advised.

FIFA Sudden Death Report

To further understand the scale of the problem, a study, named the FIFA Sudden Death Report (FIFA-SDR), was commissioned by FIFA and carried out by Saarland University. It was published in 2020. The report recorded worldwide deaths attributed to sudden cardiac arrest or other unexplained sudden death while playing (or shortly after playing) football during the period from 2014 to 2018. There were 617 cases during the five-year period. In the majority of cases where an autopsy was carried out, the cause of death was coronary heart disease.

List of players who died

Note: This list includes players who died during matches or training for various reasons, such as injuries, cardiac arrest, natural death, and sometimes for unknown reasons. Death may occur immediately or several days after the injury or fall.

Date	Name	Age	Team	Notes
22 August 1874	Robert Atherley	19	Star of Leven	Died of a ruptured stomach, after receiving a kick in a match against the Lily club of Renton.
11 October 1885	Thomas Anderson	20	Dalmuir Thistle	Kneed in the abdomen by M'Aulay of Glen Rangers during a friendly match on 10 October 1885. Medical treatment was not instantly applied in the belief that Anderson was exaggerating his injury. He died "in great agony" at 4pm the next day.
13 November 1886	Daniel Houghney	27	Mearns Athletic	Kneed in the stomach by Hattrick of Howwood during a Renfrewshire Cup tie on 12 November 1886, and died of the injury the next day.
1 January 1888	James Harkins	32	Heaton Park	Injured in a match against Darwen Old Wanderers on 22 October 1887 when an opponent's knee struck his thigh; the injury turned into an abscess which caused his death two months later.
13 January 1889	William Cropper	26	Staveley	Ruptured bowel in a match against Grimsby Town led to his death the next day.
26 February 1889	Robert Whyte	23	Redding Athletic	Abdominal injury from a kick to the stomach in a friendly against Southfield of Slamannan led to his death three days later.
11 January 1892	James Dunlop	21	St Mirren	Tetanus from fall on piece of glass in a friendly game against Abercorn led to his death ten days later.
12 November 1893	John Henry Morris	26	Shrewsbury Town	Internal hemorrhage following a bad tackle in a bad tempered match. A verdict of accidental death was returned.
23 November 1893	Walter Bannister	24	Chesterfield Town	Rupture of the kidney from a tackle in game against Derby Junction; he died almost three weeks later.
28 March 1894	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.
25 May 1896	James Logan	25	Loughborough F.C.	Pneumonia while playing.
29 November 1896	Joe Powell	25	Woolwich Arsenal	Blood poisoning and tetanus after breaking his arm in game against Kettering Town.
January 1900	James Collins		Sheppey United	Tetanus caused by on-field injury.
6 December 1901	D. Menzies Emery	18	Scone	Died of pneumonia contracted in a match the previous week against Perth Black Watch
27 August 1902	Di Jones	35?	Manchester City	Gashed knee turned septic leading to death.
27 October 1906	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.
8 April 1907	Tommy Blackstock	25	Manchester United	Collapsed after heading a ball in a game against St. Helens and died.
1 January 1908	Frank Levick	26	Sheffield United	Pneumonia during recovery from collar bone broken playing against Newcastle United. An attending doctor noted heart failure at 1:40pm at his father's house on 125 Plumpers Road, Tinsley, Sheffield
29 December 1909	James Main	23	Hibernian	Sustained stomach injuries after colliding with a Partick Thistle player during a Christmas Day match at Firhill on a frostbound pitch and died four days later.
19 February 1916	Bob Benson	33	Arsenal	Burst blood vessel following a wartime game against Reading.
30 May 1919	Roberto Chery	23	Uruguay / Peñarol	Died while playing for Uruguay against Chile in the 1919 South American Championship during his debut (and subsequently his only game) with the national team after coach Severino Castillo decided he would replace Cayetano Saporiti. Although he suffered severe pain after making a save during the match, Chery was not replaced and continued playing. 13 days after the injury, Chery was operated at Casa do Sáude in Brazil but he did not survive the surgery and died. A tournament in honor of the athlete was held between Brazil and Argentina. Brazil played wearing Peñarol's uniforms while Argentina wore a shirt similar to Uruguay national team.
7 January 1921	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.
22 May 1921	Nikola Gazdić		Hajduk Split	Late stage tuberculosis after a game against Građanski Zagreb, Hajduk's greatest rival at the time.
14 November 1921	Joshua Wilkinson	24	Dumbarton	Goalkeeper who died from peritonitis two days after a game against Rangers.
11 November 1923	Tom Butler		Port Vale	Died from tetanus eight days after fracturing his arm in a match.
13 March 1927	Georges Le Bidois	26	Stade Olympique de l'Est	During a season-ending match of the Ligue Île-de-France, the goalkeeper received a violent kick at his carotid from Aron Pollitz of US Suisse Paris, from which he succumbed in the locker room. Upon the announcement of his death, the game was called off.
4 April 1927	Albert Van Coile	27	Cercle Brugge	Died from Perforated bowel after a collision with an opponent a day before.
30 April 1927	Sam Wynne	30	Bury	Collapsed and died on the field of pneumonia during a match against Sheffield United, although Bury claimed it was a cerebral haemorrhage.
3 May 1927	David Arellano	24	Colo-Colo	Peritonitis after being hit by an opposing player during the match. Shortly after the incident he was brought to a nearby clinic where he ultimately died.
5 September 1931	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 evening.
17 June 1933	Jón Kristbjörnsson	22	Valur	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 four days later.
1 December 1934	Sim Raleigh	25	Gillingham	Died after a clash of heads with Brighton & Hove Albion's Paul Mooney in a game, who subsequently retired.
3 December 1934	Pfeiferlik		Union Žižkov	Fell and suffered a concussion in a game against Viktoria Žižkov. Died on the way to hospital.
10 February 1935	Samuel Beattie	28	Distillery F.C.	Died after a clash of heads after a corner in the 1934–35 FAI Cup quarter-final. Finished the game and went home. Became delirious the same night and was rushed to hospital due to cerebral hemorrhage.
5 February 1936	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.
12 November 1936	Jorge Chávez Boza		Atlético Chalaco	Playing in a friendly match for Atlético Chalaco, he 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.
17 August 1937	James Keenan	38	Duns F.C.	Goalkeeper who collapsed with a heart attack during an Edinburgh City cup tie with Leith Athletic F.C. at the Meadowbank ground in Edinburgh after straining for a high ball. Was taken by ambulance to the Royan Infirmary but had already died.
14 May 1939	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.
15 May 1941	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, during which he suffered a heart attack which led to his death.
22 March 1946	Isaac Angulo		Alianza Lima	Collapsed during a friendly match against a saltpeter workers team in Antofagasta, Chile. He died from a possible cardiac arrest.
20 February 1949	Gustav Fähland		TSV Braunschweig	Internal bleeding a few days after a collision with an opposing player in a match between his club TSV Braunschweig (a temporary name for Eintracht Braunschweig) and SV Werder Bremen on 13 February 1949.
1 April 1951	Mitotônio	35	Ceará	Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to stomach congestion.
4 April 1953	John Kirkby	23	Wrexham	Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to a cardiac arrest.
14 July 1963	Constantin Tabarcea	26	Petrolul Ploieşti	Collapsed during a match. Death attributed to unusual activity of the thymus gland.
1 November 1966	Petar Radaković	29	NK Rijeka	Collapsed during a training session due to a heart ailment and died on the way to the hospital.
25 February 1967	Tony Allden		Highgate United	Struck by lightning during an FA Amateur Cup quarterfinal against Enfield, died the following day.
14 October 1968	Paul Shardlow	25	Stoke City	Died of a heart attack while on a training ground.
7 January 1973	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.
30 July 1973	Haukur Birgir Hauksson	26	Ármann	Suffered serious internal injuries after colliding with an opponent during a game against Valur and died from them a month later.
16 December 1973	Pavão	26	F.C. Porto	Heart attack during a league game.
14 December 1975	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.
26 August 1976	Geraldo Cleofas	22	Flamengo	Died after a tonsillitis operation. Although the intervention went as planned, the player suffered an anaphylaxis shock due to the local anesthesia, resulting in cardiac arrest.
18 May 1977	Tony Aveyard	21	Scarborough	Head injuries received during match.
27 August 1977	Michel Soulier	27	Namur	Suffered a heart attack during a Belgian Cup away match against Anderlecht at Parc Astrid, shortly after being hit by the ball in the chest. Stade Michel-Soulier in Namur was named in his honor.
30 October 1977	Renato Curi	24	Perugia	Heart attack while playing in a Serie A match against Juventus. Perugia's ground is named after him.
21 April 1980	Omar Sahnoun	24	Bordeaux	Died from a heart attack during a club training.
5 November 1981	Hocine Benmiloudi	26	CR Belouizdad	Died during a Ligue 1 match against USM Aïn Beïda in Stade 20 Août 1955 (Algiers), from severe food poisoning.
7 March 1982	Carlos Alberto Barbosa	28	Sport	Died from infarction after fainting in a match against XV de Jaú.
23 September 1984	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.
15 January 1987	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.
23 August 1987	Paulo Navalho	20	Atlético Clube de Portugal	Acute myocardial infarction during a friendly match between Atletico and the UAE's Al-Jazira Club.
9 December 1987	Dursun Özbek	17	Galatasaray	Died from a heart attack in a training match in Florya.
7 February 1989	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.
12 August 1989	Samuel Okwaraji	24	Nigeria	Collapsed and died while playing against Angola in a World Cup Qualifier. An autopsy showed that the he had an enlarged heart and high blood pressure.
20 April 1990	Vágner Bacharel	35	Paraná	Died on hospital, after a head trauma occurred in the game Paraná x SC Campo Mourão at the Campeonato Paranaense six days before, which resulted in a 180mm fracture of the left parieto-occipital bone of his skull, and later in severe cerebral edema.
8 September 1990	David Longhurst	25	York City	Heart attack on the pitch while playing against Lincoln City. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
2 February 1993	Michael Klein	33	Bayer Uerdingen	Heart attack during a training session.
1 September 1993	Gábor Zsiborás	35	MTK	The goalkeeper collapsed into a coma in the training session of the Hungary national team. After a week he died.
17 May 1994	Gérson	28	Internacional	Died a few months after having stopped training due to health problems, after spending two months in the Santo Amaro Hospital, in Guarujá, São Paulo. The necrological report claimed the cause of death as neurotoxoplasmosis.
30 April 1995	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.
25 August 1995	Michael Goddard		Dundela	Died during a game against Dungannon Swifts at Stangmore Park after being struck in the chest by the ball.
29 October 1995	Amir Angwe	29	Julius Berger F.C.	Collapsed and died on the pitch of a heart attack.
4 January 1997	Hédi Berkhissa	24	Esperance Sportive de Tunis	Heart attack in a friendly game against Olympique Lyonnais at Stade Chedli Zouiten
4 April 1997	Waheeb Jabara	23	Hapoel Taibe	Heart attack while playing against Bnei Yehuda.
18 February 1998	Robbie James	40	Llanelli A.F.C.	Cardiomyopathy.
28 April 1998	Axel Jüptner	29	Carl Zeiss Jena	Died suddenly of a heart attack during training.
January 1999	Ferenc Biro	15	Nirajul Miercurea-Nirajului	Died after a crossbar fell on his head during a warmup.
24 July 1999	Ștefan Vrăbioru	23	Astra Ploieşti	Undetected heart defect that led to his collapse.
January 2000	Daniel Orbeanu	18	Caraimanul Buşteni	Died after an infection from a simple sprain, misdiagnosed by four different hospitals.
February 2000	John Ikoroma	17	Al-Wahda S.C.C.	Collapsed on the pitch and later died in hospital.
2 April 2000	Eri Irianto	26	Persebaya Surabaya	Died in hospital due to heart failure after a match against PSIM Yogyakarta.
6 May 2000	Robert Mitwerandu	30	Raków Częstochowa	Died from a heart attack in his bathroom, at the same night when his team lost 1–3 to Polar Wrocław.
21 May 2000	Hocine Gacemi	24	JS Kabylie	Died in a hospital in Paris from a fractured skull after clash of heads suffered two days earlier
30 May 2000	Ivan Krstić	19	Radnički Niš	Struck by lightning during a training session and killed instantly.
5 October 2000	Cătălin Hîldan	24	Dinamo București	Died during a friendly game against Olteniţa; In the 74th minute, Hîldan had a heart attack, and fell to the ground. The North Stand of Dinamo Stadium is named in his honour.
14 February 2001	Roman Pavelka	33	SK Uničov	Collapsed during physical training and died from a heart condition.
29 August 2001	Serhiy Perkhun	23	CSKA Moscow	Injured in a collision with Budun Budunov who also sustained serious head trauma. He had a brain haemorrhage and died eight days later.
20 November 2001	Cédric Lestic	26	AS Cherbourg	Died during a training session at André-Picquenot Stadium in Tourlaville as a result of a heart attack.
20 February 2002	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.
October 2002	Márcio dos Santos	28	Deportivo Wanka	Had a heart attack after a match against Alianza Lima.
24 October 2002	Hernán Gaviria	32	Deportivo Cali	Struck by lightning during a training session and killed instantly.
27 October 2002	Giovanni Córdoba	24	Deportivo Cali	Struck by the same lightning that killed Gaviria and died three days later from the injuries.
12 December 2002	Stefan Toleski	23	FK Napredok	Collapsed during a match and later died in a hospital.
9 March 2003	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.
26 June 2003	Marc-Vivien Foé	28	Cameroon	Collapsed while playing in the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final between against Colombia, and died shortly afterward in hospital. An autopsy later revealed the cause of death was hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
25 January 2004	Miklós Fehér	24	Benfica	Cardiac arrest caused by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy while playing against Vitória.
29 February 2004	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.
27 October 2004	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.
5 December 2004	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.
12 April 2005	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.
27 May 2005	Alin Paicu	32	Minerul Mătăsari	Collapsed after heading a ball. Died of a heart attack.
25 June 2005	Hugo Cunha	28	U.D. Leiria	Died suddenly from a cardiac arrest during a football match played with friends in Montemor-o-Novo.
11 April 2006	Victor Alfonso Guerrero	17	Envigado F.C.	Died suddenly during a training match. He lost consciousness on the ground and his died en route to hospital.
12 June 2006	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 hospital. The number 7 was afterwards retired in his honor.
10 August 2006	Gökmen Yıldıran	28	Elazığspor	Suffered a heart attack during training and died before being taken to the hospital.
30 August 2006	Mohamed Abdelwahab	23	Al Ahly	Died from undetected heart defect during a training match.
9 September 2006	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.
18 September 2006	Nilton Pereira Mendes	30	FC Shakhter Karagandy	Collapsed on the pitch during a training session and died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. He was a former top scorer and best player for the Kazakhstan Premier League.
27 March 2007	Ivan Karačić	19	NK Široki Brijeg	Heart attack and died during a training match in Široki Brijeg.
19 August 2007	Anton Reid	16	Walsall	Collapsed and died during youth team pre-season training. An inquest recorded a verdict of natural causes.
28 August 2007	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
29 August 2007	Chaswe Nsofwa	28	Hapoel Be'er Sheva	Sudden heart failure during a training match against Maccabi Be'er Sheva.
29 December 2007	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.
9 February 2008	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.
16 February 2008	Hervé King	27	Ringmer	Collapsed 17 minutes into a game against Three Bridges of an undetermined cause (heart attack suspected).
3 April 2008	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
31 May 2008	Rustem Bulatov	34	Torpedo SDYuSShOR Kaluga	Felt ill during a game, died later that day in a hospital.
15 March 2009	Jumadi Abdi	26	PKT Bontang	Collapsed after an incident with Denny Tarkas during a match 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.
2 April 2009	Víctor Hugo Ávalos	37	Villa Florida	Heart attack during a match against Salesianito. He died the next day.
26 May 2009	Orobosan Adun	28	Warri Wolves FC	Before an away match with Enugu Rangers, the goalkeeper was assaulted by thugs suspected to be fans of the opposition team. He died 3 days later from internal haemorrhage during a training session.
8 August 2009	Daniel Jarque	26	RCD Espanyol	Cardiac arrest following a training session.
2 September 2009	Alexandru Iatan	19	Dunărea Giurgiu	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.
20 September 2009	Neridson Estevão	26	Progresso de Sambizanga	Died after collapsing during a second-division match against Benfica de Cabinda. He died later in hospital.
15 November 2009	Maurizio Greco	25	TuS Güldenstern Stade	Collapsed during a match against Lupo Martini Wolfsburg at Campers Höhe and died later in the hospital.
18 November 2009	Salem Saad	31	Al-Nasr	Died of a heart attack during a training session.
24 January 2010	Yannick Dago	17	Arras Football	Collapsed during a match against Etoile Sportive Anzin Saint Aubin and died later on a heart attack.
6 March 2010	Endurance Idahor	25	Al-Merreikh	Collapsed during a match against Alamal Atbara and died in the ambulance. Autopsy report revealed that he suffered a circulatory collapse from a heart attack.
8 March 2010	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.
9 April 2010	Daniel Robert de Jesus	28	Irtysh Pavlodar	Suffered a heart attack during the warmup prior to a Kazakhstan Premier League fixture against FC Kairat.
May 2010	Goran Tunjić	32	Mladost FC	Heart attack during a 5th Division match. It was widely reported that he had been booked by the referee for diving, though such reports were later refuted by some sources.
2 May 2010	Ambrose Wreh	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.
8 May 2010	Wilson Mene	22	Prek Pra Keila	Collapsed during a Metfone Cambodian League match at National Olympic Stadium.
8 May 2010	Frederico da Costa Pinheiro	26	Mesquita	Suffered cardiac arrest during a Carioca Championship match against Cabofriense and was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.
18 August 2010	Victor Omogbehin	22	Ilford F.C.	Collapsed during a league match. He played in the Isthmian Football League game against Lowestoft Town FC.
12 September 2010	Nduka Anyanwu	30	SV 1920 Geinsheim	Collapsed during a league match at Queichhambach and could not be revived.
10 November 2010	Benjamin Owusu	21	Cavaliers FC Parakou	Collapsed while playing in Benin.
12 December 2010	Emmanuel Ogoli	21	Ocean Boys F.C.	Collapsed on the pitch while playing a league match, and died later in a hospital.
12 April 2011	Lokissimbaye Loko	30	FC Beaumontois	Heart attack during a Ligue Midi-Pyrenees match.
4 August 2011	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.
13 November 2011	Bobsam Elejiko	30	K. Merksem S.C.	Collapsed and died while playing a 5th tier match against F.C. Exc. Kaart
21 March 2012	Dhanraj Venkatesh	27	Bangalore Mars	Collapsed toward the end of the game; reports suggest cardiac arrest as the cause of death.
10 April 2012	Patrick Grange	29	University of New Mexico	Died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, after already having chronic traumatic encephalopathy.
14 April 2012	Piermario Morosini	25	Livorno	Collapsed during a Serie B game against Pescara. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.
5 May 2012	Mohamed Lemine Ould M'Boye		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.
12 June 2012	Gerome Graham	20	Bodden Town	Collapsed during a training session. The cause of death was determined to be hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
7 July 2012	Arjuna Luiz Venutto Ramos	17	São Bernardo	Collapsed during an under-17 championship match against Portuguesa Santista and died from cardiac arrest.
5 August 2012	Chinonso Ihelwere Henry	21	Delta Tulcea	Collapsed during a friendly game against CS Balotești in the 86th minute, after having been brought on for only 10 minutes. With the temperature being 40 °C, doctors tried reviving him 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.
2 September 2012	Victor Brännström	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.
7 October 2012	Joshua Pepple	24	LKS Pomorzanin Nowogard	Collapsed from a heart attack in a league game against Iskierka Szczecin and died on the pitch.
20 October 2012	Jaouad Akaddar	28	Hassania Agadir	Suffered a heart attack immediately after the end of a match.
2 April 2013	Quentin Margueritte	25	USON Mondeville	Collapsed during a training session. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.
20 April 2013	Dominik Rupp	23	FSV Hemmersdorf	Collapsed during a Saarlandliga game against Saar 05 Saarbrücken. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.
16 May 2013	Berat Sacipi	31	SV Inter Itzehoe	Collapsed during a Kreisklasse A Steinburg game against ABC Wesseln. The cause of death was cardiac arrest.
17 June 2013	Mohammad Fahad	32	Al-Sulaibikhat	In a non-official match played in May 2013, Fahad collided with another player, causing him a severe bleeding in the brain and coma until 17 June, when he died.
21 June 2013	Alen Pamić	23	NK Istra 1961	Collapsed during a retreat game for MNK Maružini of a heart attack.
21 July 2013	Yair Clavijo	18	Sporting Cristal	Died during a reserve match against Real Garcilaso. The autopsy determined he died from a cerebral edema with brain herniation caused by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
27 July 2013	Sékou Camara	27	Pelita Bandung Raya	Collapsed on the field during his a 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.
30 July 2013	Matthias Viereckl	19	SC Marchtrenk	Died in a friendly game against Union Steinhaus.
27 August 2013	Héctor Sanabria	27	Deportivo Laferrere	Suffered a heart attack in the 29th minute of a league match against General Lamadrid and died before reaching hospital.
17 November 2013	Alex Marques	20	G.D. Tourizense	Cardiac arrest after seven minutes of the match against Carapinheirense.
23 December 2013	Jamie Skinner	13	Tynecastle	Cardiac arrest during a game in the Saughton Park in Edinburgh.
28 February 2014	Kevon Carter	30	Defence Force	Died of a heart attack after feeling chest pains during a training session in the morning.
3 May 2014	Kodjo Etonam Adjassou	24	Bankstown City FC	Collapsed after 10 minutes of the National Premier League NSW Division Two match against Spirit FC.
19 May 2014	Akli Fairuz	27	Persiraja	Died after colliding with opposition goalkeeper during a match in the Indonesian Premier League. He was substituted and admitted to hospital but died due to internal bleeding the next day.
3 September 2014	Carlos Barra	23	Deportes Maipo Quilicura	Collapsed from cardiac arrest after 20 minutes of a friendly match against Palestino and could not be resuscitated.
19 October 2014	Melissa Smith	15	Cadley FC	Collapsed on the field during a match against Euxton Girls. CPR and defibrillation was attempted at the scene but she was pronounced dead at the hospital.
19 October 2014	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.
10 November 2014	Dipak Adhikari		Abu Dhabi Police Force Team	Died after collapsing during a match.
28 March 2015	Ben Hiscox	30	Stoke Gifford	While tackling during a league match against Mangotsfield Sports, he stumbled and fell backwards, hitting his head against the wall of his team's clubhouse. He died a few days later.
30 April 2015	Gregory Mertens	24	Sporting Lokeren	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.
11 May 2015	Tim Nicot	23	Beerschot-Wilrijk	Died of heart failure during a tournament game.
14 May 2015	Emanuel Ortega	21	San Martín de Burzaco	Died 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.
24 May 2015	Cristian Gómez	27	Club Atlético Paraná	Died of heart failure during a Primera B Nacional match.
31 May 2015	Shetemi Ayetigbo	16	Belvedere	During a Dublin & District Schoolboy League game against St Kevin's Boys, Ayetigbo collapsed and died.
13 June 2015	David Oniya	30	T-Team	Collapsed three minutes after kick-off in a friendly match against Kelantan and died less than one hour later in hospital.
7 July 2015	Junior Dian	23	Tonbridge Angels	Collapsed in a pre-season friendly game at Whyteleafe.
11 July 2015	Daniel Kowalski	24	Germania Niederrodenbach	Collapsed during a training session. He had been cleared to continue playing despite previous heart problems.
2 September 2015	Stelios Markousis	18	Veria	Suffered a heart attack during a training session and died shortly afterwards.
6 December 2015	Abdul Haruna	27	Kano Pillars F.C.	Collapsed and died on the pitch playing in a friendly match between professional and amateur select sides in Kano.
13 March 2016	Hugo Suárez	28	Llaranes	After approaching the bench during a Primera Regional match against Miranda to report severe chest pains, Suárez collapsed and could not be resuscitated.
1 May 2016	Stefan Petrovski	18	Melaka United	Struck by lightning while training on 5 April, died in hospital.
6 May 2016	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.
7 May 2016	Bernardo Ribeiro	26	Friburguense	Collapsed during a friendly match before being taken to a hospital, where he died of a suspected heart attack.
9 May 2016	Jeanine Christelle Djomnang	26	Cameroon	Goalkeeper collapsed during her warm-up before a match and died of a suspected heart attack.
16 July 2016	Antony Stott	26	Thirroul Thunder	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.
15 August 2016	Michael Umanika	20	Zagatala	Midfielder collapsed during a team training session in Zagatala. He died of a suspected heart attack.
26 August 2016	Kieran McDade	13	Dunbeth FC	Suffered a cardiac arrest during training.
11 September 2016	Ben Idrissa Dermé	34	AJ Biguglia	Died of a heart attack during a French cup match.
13 September 2016	Dan Wilkinson	26	Shaw Lane	Suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch in an Integro League Cup match against Brighouse Town. He died hours later in hospital.
19 September 2016	Dominic James	18	Waterhouse F.C.	Collapsed after five minutes of the Manning Cup match between St George's College and Excelsior High, and was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.
13 November 2016	Jack Atkinson	18	Holland FC	Collapsed on the pitch after suffering a heart attack during an under-18s match.
13 November 2016	Simon Verdonck	23	VC Herentals	Collapsed on the pitch after only 8 minutes with a heart attack during a League match against KFC Antonia and died on the grounds of the Sint-Janneke Stadion.
4 December 2016	Ismail Mrisho Khalfan	19	Mbao F.C.	After struggling to get off the ground when tackled by an opponent during the Tanzania Under-20 League match against Mwadui, the striker collapsed and died of a heart attack.
11 February 2017	James Moorfoot	28	Langtoft AFC	Collapsed due to cardiac arrest during a match against Hedon Rangers and died on the pitch.
26 April 2017	Moïse Brou Apanga	35	FC 105 Libreville	Defender died after suffering a heart attack during team training.
27 April 2017	Gofaone Tiro	26	Township Rollers	Winger collapsed from a heart attack during team training session and was pronounced dead upon arrival at hospital.
28 April 2017	Ben Walker	15	Thrapston Town Juniors	Collapsed due to cardiac arrest during an under-15s league game against Ise Lodge Hawks.
5 June 2017	Cheick Tioté	30	Beijing Enterprises	Defensive midfielder; collapsed and lost consciousness during a training session and was pronounced dead later that day from a suspected heart attack.
17 September 2017	Luc Jacobs	26	SC Helmondia	Collapsed early in the second half of the match against SPV Vlierden. His heart was restarted using a defibrillator and CPR was attempted for half an hour, but he died in hospital that night.
1 October 2017	Shota Maminashvili	31	FC Zugdidi	Goalkeeper collapsed during his warmup routine ahead of the Erovnuli Liga 2 match against FC WIT Georgia and died in hospital.
15 October 2017	Choirul Huda	38	Persela Lamongan	Goalkeeper; while trying to retrieve the match ball from an opponent during a match against Semen Padang, he collided with his teammate Ramon Mesquita and suffered injuries to his lower jaw and head. He was briefly conscious immediately after the collision, but later died from his injuries in a hospital.
2 November 2017	Joel Lobanzo	17	Royal Antwerp U19	Collapsed in training with the U-19 team on 31 October. He died a day later. It is believed that a heart attack was the cause of death.
12 December 2017	Izzy Dezu	17	Shelbourne U16	Fell ill during a league match in the Athletic Union League Complex against St. Kevin's Boys. He died later in the day at a hospital in Dublin.
3 February 2018	Nacho Barbera	15	UD Alzira	Collapsed on the field during a youth team match against Ontinyent.
13 February 2018	Danilinho	32	Juazeirense	Suffered a heart attack during training.
24 March 2018	Bruno Boban	25	Marsonia 1909	Winger collapsed during a match against Požega Slavonia. After several minutes of attempted resuscitation by medical staff and a retired doctor who was spectating, he was pronounced dead.
4 May 2018	Luyanda Ntshangase	21	Maritzburg United	Midfielder who was struck by lightning during a friendly game on 1 May 2018. He died three days later from his injuries.
29 June 2018	Mohamed Farouk	33	Sidi Salem Club	Collapsed from a heart attack during a friendly match in the Aba el-Balad district in Minya.
1 September 2018	Tijmen Steenbergen	13	VV Marinus van Rooijen 's-Heerenberg	Goalkeeper who died in a C Youth league match after a collision with the Left back.
14 September 2018	Mamadou Camara	26	USON Mondeville	Collapsed from a heart attack during training.
6 October 2018	Ramon Neto da Costa	31	Araranguá Esporte Clube	Attacker who died during a friendly game.
4 November 2018	Ekundayo Ebenezer Mawoyeka	23	Sarayköyspor	Collapsed in the 35th minute of the match against Yesilkoyspor at the Servergazi Stadium. He was confirmed to have died of a heart attack upon arrival at the Denizli State Hospital.
22 January 2019	Fodé Sidibé		ASC Bouaké	Defender collapsed during a training session.
27 January 2019	Francisco Cavada	32	Marina de Cudeyo	Collapsed in the 22nd minute of a Primera Regional match against CD Valdaliga. Attempts to resuscitate him were unsuccessful.
2 March 2019	Herman Tsinga	30	Akanda FC	Collapsed after challenging for a header in a Championnat National 1 match against Missile. Received cardiac massage on the field for twenty minutes but died en route to hospital.
25 April 2019	Faty Papy	28	Malanti Chiefs	Midfielder had a heart attack while playing in a match in Eswatini.
8 May 2019	Ludwin Flores Nole	27	Los Rangers	Suffered a heart attack after drinking ice-cold water at the end of a match.
17 June 2019	Edwin Boakai		National Port Authority Anchors	Goalkeeper collapsed and died during a training session.
6 July 2019	Derrick Williams	30	Lucas Cwmbran	Suffered sudden cardiac arrest during a friendly match.
6 July 2019	Jarzinho Pieter	31	Vetsa	Died of a heart attack after falling ill the night before. He was in Port-au-Prince with the Curaçao national football team for a CONCACAF Nations League qualifying match against Haiti.
26 September 2019	Agustín Martínez	17	Boston River	After being substituted in a league match against Cerro with a knee injury, he suffered cardiac arrest on the bench. He was transferred to hospital but died three days later.
7 November 2019	Renan Henrique Santos	16	Água Santa U17	Collapsed during a training session due to cardiac arrest.
8 March 2020	Chineme Martins	22	Nasarawa United F.C.	Collapsed and died during a league game
27 November 2020	Sajjad Ali		Al-Sulaikh	Died of a heart attack while playing a league match against Bismayah.
7 January 2021	Alex Apolinário	24	Alverca	On 3 January 2021, went into cardiac arrest at the 27th minute of a league match. He was revived after several attempts and taken to the hospital, where he was put in an induced coma and died four days later.
8 March 2021	Abdul Rahman Atef	23	Al Qanayat	Died while playing a league match against El Rowad.
11 April 2021	Dejan Oršuš	24	NK Otok	Collapsed during a league match against Radnički after suffering a cardiac arrest, died in the hospital later that day.
18 April 2021	Tremaine Stewart	33	Portmore United	Collapsed while playing football in Spanish Town, and despite being rushed to the hospital he died later that day.
1 June 2021	Giuseppe Perrino	29	Parma	Died of a heart attack during a memorial match for his late brother
22 June 2021	Viktor Marcell Hegedüs	18	Andráshida SC	Collapsed during a training warmup.
11 July 2021	Jajov Adenan	30	Piansano	Died from cardiac arrest
28 August 2021	Alexander Shishmarev	23	Krasnaya Zvezda	Was playing as goalkeeper in a training match when he collided with an opponent, being treated for 'more than an hour' before passing away
2 September 2021	Dylan Rich	17	West Bridgford Colts	Died following a suspected cardiac arrest during a match.
4 September 2021	Jens De Smet	27	FCC Filosoof	Amateur player who collapsed at a field and died.
25 September 2021	Guillermo Arias	31	Camaguán FC	In the quarterfinals of the third division tournament, he collapsed on the field and died of cardiac arrest.
12 November 2021	Jony López	16	Sol del Este	Suffered a heart attack while playing football.
17 December 2021	Karol Setniewski	13	Znicz Pruszków	Died after suffering a headache following a game.
22 December 2021	Ahmed Amin	23	Al Rebat & Al Anwar SC	Goalkeeper collapsed in the team locker room following a sudden cardiac arrest after a training session. Immediate attempts to resuscitate him failed. He was then rushed to a hospital nearby but was reported to have died along the way.
22 December 2021	Taufik Ramsyah	20	Tornado FC Pekanbaru	Goalkeeper suffered a fractured skull after colliding with a Wahana FC player in a Liga 3 Riau game. He died from his injuries after being in a coma for several days as well as undergoing surgery for his fractured skull.
23 December 2021	Mukhaled Al-Raqadi	29	Muscat Club	Collapsed during the warm up for a game against Suwaiq Club in the Omantel Elite League.
23 December 2021	Marin Ćaćić	23	NK Nehaj	Died in hospital after a cardiac arrest two days prior during training.
25 December 2021	Sofiane Loukar	30	MC Saïda	Collapsed in the middle of a match and died instantly.
3 January 2022	Marcos Menaldo	25	Deportivo Marquense	According to various reports, the central defender was participating in training with his teammates when he fainted, for which he was transferred to a medical center where his death was confirmed.
2 February 2022	Alexandros Lampis	21	GS Ilioupoli	Collapsed on the field after five minutes after suffering a cardiac arrest. There was no defibrillator available in the stadium and it took an ambulance 20 minutes to reach the stadium. The match against Ermionida was abandoned following the incident.
15 July 2022	Aleksandr Kozlov	29	Zorkiy Krasnogorsk	Reportedly suffered a blood clot suffered during training.
14 September 2022	Mariano Ondo	23	Cano Sport Academy	Right back; collapsed and lost consciousness during a training session and was pronounced dead later that day from a suspected heart attack.
30 September 2022	Alexandru Vagner	33	Inter Cristian	Had a heart attack during training in his team's sports facility, he was subsequently transported by emergency to Brasov County Emergency Hospital but could not be resuscitated.
29 November 2022	Andrés Balanta	22	Atlético Tucumán	Collapsed to the ground due to cardiorespiratory arrest during training. Despite ambulances arriving to try to revive him, he was pronounced dead after 40 minutes.
3 December 2022	Erion Kajtazi	17	Trepça '89	Collapsed to the ground due to cardiorespiratory arrest during a match.
16 December 2022	Elia Alessandrini	25	Stade Lausanne Ouchy	Died near Muscat, Oman, while on vacation with his partner; he reportedly drowned in a swimming pool hours before his flight was scheduled to return home due to a reported cardiac arrest.
15 February 2023	Arne Espeel	25	Winkel Sport B	Collapsed just moments after saving a penalty against Westrozebeke. Upon saving the shot, the goalkeeper rose to his feet to celebrate before falling inanimate. Attempts were made to revive him using a defibrillator by emergency personnel who raced to rescue him, however he was declared dead shortly after being transferred to the hospital.
27 March 2023	Andrew Sarakinis	14	Kaya and San Agustin Golden Eagles	Collapsed during a Rizal Football Association match for Colegio de San Agustin against Xavier School and rushed to Cardinal Hospital where he died.
12 April 2023	Martin Filipčić	15	Samobor	In the 60th minute of a youth league match against Dugo Selo, he informed the referee he was not feeling well and then collapsed while receiving medical attention. He was reportedly alive when the ambulance arrived but was pronounced dead soon after. According to other people, he had felt weak throughout the day and had a headache before the match began.
4 May 2023	Yoro Sangare	22	UP Fighting Maroons	Collapsed while walking inside the University of the Philippines-Diliman campus and was pronounced dead on arrival at the University Health Service facility.
9 August 2023	Deon	36	Bahia de Feira	Collapsed during a training section, resuscitation was attempted while he was still on site, but his death was confirmed by paramedics.

Transportation accidents

Plane crashes

Date of Accident	Known as	Team	Airline	Aircraft	Location	Fatalities		Description	Ref
						Total	Team
4 May 1949	Superga air disaster	Torino	Avio Linee Italiane	Fiat G212CP	Superga, Turin, Italy	31	23	Eighteen players of the Grande Torino and five club officials were killed when the plane crashed on its landing approach to the Turin airport.
6 February 1958	Munich air disaster	Manchester United	British European Airways	Airspeed AS-57 Ambassador	Munich, West Germany	23	11	Eight players, Geoff Bent, Roger Byrne, Eddie Colman, Duncan Edwards, Mark Jones, David Pegg, Tommy Taylor, Billy Whelan and three club staff members Walter Crickmer, Tom Curry, Bert Whalley died from their injuries sustained in the Accident.
16 July 1960	1960 Danish football air crash	Danish Olympic	Zone-Redningskorpset	De Havilland Dragon Rapide	Copenhagen, Denmark	8	8	Eight players killed.
3 April 1961	LAN Chile Flight 621	Green Cross	LAN Chile	Douglas C-47A-35-DL	Llico, Chile	24	8	Eight members of the team killed.
6 February 1965	LAN Chile Flight 107	Santiago's Antonio Varas	LAN Chile	Douglas DC-6B-404	Andes Mountains, Chile	87	22	Twenty-two players and staff of team killed.
26 September 1969	The Viloco tragedy	The Strongest	Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano	Douglas DC-6	Viloco, Bolivia	74	20	Seventeen players and three team staff members were killed.
11 August 1979	1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision	Pakhtakor Tashkent	Aeroflot	Tupolev Tu-134	Dniprodzerzhynsk, Soviet Union	178	17	Entire team killed in mid-air collision
8 December 1987	1987 Alianza Lima air disaster	Alianza Lima	Peruvian Navy	Fokker F27	Lima, Peru	43	23	Entire team killed
7 June 1989	Surinam Airways Flight 764	Colourful 11	Surinam Airways	Douglas DC-8	Paramaribo, Suriname	176	15	15 players died, 3 survived with career-ending injuries
27 April 1993	1993 Zambia national football team air disaster	Zambia	Zambian Air Force	De Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo	Atlantic Ocean off Gabon	30	22	All killed. Their captain and star player Kalusha Bwalya was slated to travel separately from his European club and so was the only player left of the entire squad
28 November 2016	LaMia Flight 2933	Chapecoense	LaMia Bolivia, CA Charter Flight	Avro RJ85 (BAe 146)	La Unión, Antioquia, Colombia	71	42	Crashed at Medellín, Colombia en route to attend the 2016 Copa Sudamericana Finals against Atletico Nacional. Among those killed were: 19 players, 14 club staff members, 9 club board members and 4 Fox Sports Brazil journalists. Three players survived the crash, with one player received career-ending injury.
21 January 2019	2019 English Channel Piper PA-46 crash	Cardiff City	Private Flight	Piper PA-46	English Channel, off Alderney	2	1	Private plane transporting Emiliano Sala and pilot, David Ibbotson, crashed over the English Channel following a carbon monoxide leak in the aircraft's cabin.
24 January 2021	2021 Palmas FR plane crash	Palmas	Charter flight	Beechcraft Baron	Porto Nacional, Tocantins, Brazil	6	5	Crashed at Luzimangues, a district of Porto Nacional, Tocantins, Brazil. Four players and the president of Brazilian club Palmas were killed. They were traveling to Goiania in a light aircraft for an away game against Vila Nova in the Copa Verde, an annual competition played between 24 teams from the north and central-west regions of Brazil.

Car accidents

Date	Name	Team	Location	Fatalities	Description	Ref
November 1920	Adolf Kertész	MTK Budapest	Saarbrücken, Germany	1	Died aged 28.
27 May 1926	Jesús Larraza	Athletic Club	Miravalles, Spain	2	Died along with a friend after his Harley-Davidson went off the road.
1927	John Green	Montreal CNR	Canada	1
31 May 1943	George Bullock	Barnsley	Appleton, England	6	Killed along with five companions while returning to base following a dance after their vehicle crashed through a hedge and overturned
22 August 1951	Alfredo Espiga	Sabadell	Maastricht, Netherlands	1	Killed aged 27 after the car he was driven in collided with a tree
7 April 1960	Nicolas Kettel	Stade Dudelange	Luxembourg	1	Died aged 34
30 August 1962	Ron Brett	Crystal Palace	London, England	1	Killed after his car hit a lorry in Clerkenwell
12 November 1964	Jack Nibloe	Stockport County	Stocksbridge, England	1	Died aged 25
28 September 1965	Reda	Ismaily	Beheira Governorate, Egypt	1
2 February 1966	Laurent Verbiest	Anderlecht	Oostende, Belgium	1
9 April 1966	Barry Butler	Norwich City	Norwich, England	1	Killed aged 31 after his car having collided with a bus late at night.
3 September 1966	John Nicholson	Doncaster Rovers	Liverpool, England	1
28 August 1967	Iuliu Năftănăilă	Steagul Roșu Brașov	Făgăraș, Romania	1	Died aged 25 after crashing his car into a tree on the side of the Brașov–Făgăraș road
15 October 1967	Gigi Meroni	Torino	Turin, Italy	1	Shortly after the end of a 4–2 victory over Sampdoria, in which he was sent off, the 24-year old was hit by a motorist while recklessly crossing Corso Re Umberto with his friend and teammate Fabrizio Poletti. The driver was a fan named Attilio Romero, who 35 years later became president of the institution
4 March 1968	Enzo Magnanini	Perugia	Castelfranco Emilia, Italy	1	Was returning from Perugia's match in Potenza at the time of his death aged 32.
20 January 1969	Roy Evans	Hereford United	Hereford, England	2	Died together
	Brian Purcell
12 October 1970	Branko Nadoveza	FK Partizan	Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia	1	Succumbed to injuries he received in the Dušanovac neighbourhood two days prior.
30 June 1971	Georgi Asparuhov	Levski Sofia	Vitinya Pass, PR Bulgaria	2
	Nikola Kotkov
23 November 1971	Ken Solan	Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough, England	1	Died aged 23
10 August 1974	Danny Trainor	Drogheda United	Belfast, Northern Ireland	3	Killed after his car collided with another, also killing the other car's two occupants, a husband and wife
13 May 1976	Roberto Batata	Cruzeiro	Belo Horizonte, Brazil	1	Died at Rodovia Fernão Dias while traveling to Três Corações to visit his wife.
18 December 1976	Sergio Méndez	Atlético Marte	El Salvador	1
1977	José Quintanilla	Once Municipal	Sonsonate Department, El Salvador	1	Died on his way for a training
14 March 1977	Heraldo Bezerra	Boca Juniors	Campana, Argentina	1
20 March 1977	Peter Houseman	Oxford United	London, England	4	Killed along with his wife and two friends
3 October 1977	Ian Fallis	Kilmarnock	Glasgow, Scotland	1	Died in Glasgow Royal Infirmary aged 23 following a three-vehicle collision at Coatbridge
21 November 1977	Boško Kajganić	Galatasaray	Istanbul, Turkey	1	Died aged 28
23 March 1978	Dave Wiggett	Hartlepool United	Chapeltown, England	1	Was a passenger in a car driven by his Hartlepool teammate Bob Newton, which crashed
28 January 1979	Edwin Mbaso	Ndola United	Ndola, Zambia	1	Was riding along with his brother Philip in the back of a truck when he fell out after the truck made a turn and sustained head injuries. Although he was rushed to Ndola Central Hospital, he died the following afternoon aged 26
6 February 1979	Dimitrios Koukoulitsios	AEL	Thiva, Greece	2	Died together
	Dimitrios Mousiaris
23 September 1979	Fernando Bustos	Cruz Azul	Tepeji del Río, Mexico	1	Died on the road to Querétaro aged 35
13 December 1982	Vitaly Daraselia	Dinamo Tbilisi	Zestaponi, Georgia	1	Died after his car plunged from a cliff into a river
2 December 1983	Michele Lo Russo	Lecce	Bari, Italy	2	Died together
	Ciro Pezzella
12 August 1984	Michel N'Gom	Auxerre	Perrigny, France	1	Died aged 25
18 November 1984	Seth Adonkor	Nantes	France	1
5 February 1985	Daniel González	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1
24 March 1985	José Luis Munguía	FAS	El Salvador	1
5 July 1985	Mario Vušković	Omiš	Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia	1	Died on his way to a game
3 September 1985	Dragan Mance	FK Partizan	Zemun, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia	1	Died while driving his Peugeot 205 to the team's training session
9 October 1985	Ludo Coeck	R.W.D. Molenbeek	Edegem, Belgium	1	Was badly injured after his BMW ploughed into crash barriers on a motorway near Rumst and died two days later, at the University of Antwerp Clinic in Edegem aged 30
22 February 1987	Graeme Aldred	Whitley Bay	Newcastle upon Tyne, England	1	The 20-year-old was a passenger in a friend's car when it went out of control. He was thrown from the car, and died of his injuries two days later in Newcastle General Hospital
22 December 1988	Vincent Sattler	Strasbourg	Dahlenheim, France	1
9 July 1989	Sérgio Gil	Corinthians	Barra do Turvo, Brazil	1	Died after a head-on collision with another vehicle on the Rodovia Régis Bittencourt
15 July 1989	Laurie Cunningham	Rayo Vallecano	Madrid, Spain	1	Killed aged 33
11 August 1989	Faraj Al-Barasi	Al-Nasr	Benghazi, Libya	1
4 February 1990	Zé Beto	Porto	Porto, Portugal	1	Died 17 days before his 30th birthday
11 March 1990	Dean Horrix	Bristol City	Burnham-on-Sea, England	1
17 November 1991	Maurice Banach	1. FC Köln	Remscheid, Germany	1	Killed on the Autobahn
16 January 1992	Naser Beadini	Kayserispor	Eskişehir, Turkey	3	Died along with another player and a trainer
18 July 1992	Alexandre	São Paulo	São Paulo, Brazil	1	On the Rodovia Castelo Branco, he lost control of his new car and crashed into a protective wall. He was taken to the University of São Paulo Hospital, but later died. His body was veiled in the CT da Barra Funda.
24 August 1992	Oleg Krushin	Rotor Volgograd	Volgograd, Russia	1	Died while he was driving home from the team training ground
20 December 1992	Frédéric Johansen	Mulhouse	Hirtzfelden, France	1
21 December 1992	Stepan Betsa	Dynamo Kyiv	Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine	2	Died in the same vehicle
	Oleksiy Sasko	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
13 January 1993	Edivaldo	Taquaritinga	Boituva. Brazil	1	Part of 1986 FIFA World Cup Brazil squad, died in Rodovia Castelo Branco aged 30
14 March 1993	Khalid Al Rowaihi	Al Ahli	Amman, Jordan	1	Died aged 20
6 May 1993	Rommel Fernández	Albacete	Albacete, Spain	1	Died after losing control of his car and hitting his head on a tree.
26 December 1993	Carlos Muñoz	Barcelona	Machala, Ecuador	1
16 March 1994	Mykola Kudrytsky	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	Ra'anana, Israel	1	Died while heading back home early in the morning after he was ejected out of his car when it flipped
18 April 1994	Dener	Vasco da Gama	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	1	Died after his Mitsubishi Eclipse, crashed into a tree at Borges de Medeiros Avenue, in the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas district. The car's driver was Dener's friend, Oto Gomes de Miranda, who lost both legs in the accident. Dener was strangled by the car's seat belt.
21 June 1994	Müjdat Gürsu	Samsunspor	Antalya, Turkey	1
27 August 1994	Frank Jeske	Schwarz-Rot Neustadt	Bückwitz, Germany	1	Died as a passenger on the way home after a match.
28 August 1994	Rui Filipe	Porto	Porto, Portugal	1	Died aged 26
17 May 1995	Kurt Vangompel	Royal Antwerp	Genk, Belgium	1	Died alongside his cousin, aged 21
21 September 1995	Michael Millett	Wigan Athletic	Wigan, England	1	Died a day before his 18th birthday.
29 March 1996	Tagir Fasakhov	Liepājas Metalurgs	Kazakhstan	3	Died together
	Ashilbek Momunov	Zhetysu
	Kanatbek Ishenbaev
29 August 1996	Aleksei Yushkov	Novotroitsk, Russia	Nosta Novotroitsk	1
12 February 1997	Federico Pisani	Atalanta	Milan, Italy	2	Died in his BMW 320 convertible in the company of his girlfriend Alessandra Midali (who also died) and two friends (who were uninjured)
8 March 1997	Dave Wiggett	Iraklis Thessaloniki	Giannouli, Greece	1	Killed aged 30
13 September 1997	Georgios Mitsibonas	Tyrnavos	Giannouli, Greece	1
2 December 1997	Milan Čvirk	1. FC Košice	Košice, Slovakia	1	His companion and teammate Albert Rusnák suffered fractures to both legs.
9 February 1998	Panagiotis Katsouris	PAOK	Athens, Greece	1	While returning from an amateur 5x5 match, his car skidded due to excessive speed, hitting the barriers at the Thermi interchange outside Thessaloniki. His death was verified in AHEPA hospital shortly afterwards.
30 December 1998	Ansar Razak	PSM Makassar	Makassar, Indonesia	1
3 July 1999	Ibragim Gasanbekov	Anzhi Makhachkala	Makhachkala, Russia	1	Died after the car he was driving collided head-on with a Kamaz truck.
29 September 1999	Andriy Khomyn	Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	near Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine	1
30 January 2000	Martin Aldridge	Rushden & Diamonds	Oxford, England	1	After a game at Nene Park, he was involved in a car crash on the A45 road, and died aged 25.
23 February 2000	Pedro Paulo	Esposende	Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal	1	Died aged 26
18 March 2000	Aleksandr Shchukin	near Arzamas, Russia	Svetotekhnika Saransk	1
8 August 2000	Igor Kurakin	Yoshkar-Ola, Russia	Iskra Engels	1
13 August 2000	Pedro Lavoura	Braga	Oliveira do Bairro, Portugal	1
28 January 2001	Stephen Malcolm	Seba United	Trelawny Parish, Jamaica	1	Died hours after playing Bulgaria in a friendly international in Kingston
29 January 2001	Pablo Hernán Gómez	Pachuca	Ixmiquilpan, Mexico	2	Died with his wife while returning with his family from a weekend in San Luis Potosí
10 February 2001	Niccolò Galli	Bologna	Bologna, Italy	1	Died while riding on his moped, on the way home from practice at Bologna's training centre, aged 17.
25 May 2001	Ferry van Vliet	NAC Breda	Moerdijk, Netherlands	2	Van Died along with his girlfriend
22 June 2001	Clébson	Vasco da Gama	Serrinha, Brazil	1	Died after colliding with the back of a truck while traveling from Salvador to his hometown, Itiúba.
5 August 2001	Aaron Flahavan	Portsmouth	Bournemouth, England	1
1 October 2001	Mickey Trotman	Rochester Rhinos	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1	Died aged 26.
21 December 2001	Ovidiu Iacov	Steaua București	Valea Voievozilor, Romania	2	Died after his Volkswagen crashed into a concrete sidewall. He was found to have been driving under the influence of alcohol, without a licence, late at night. Three other players from Chindia Târgoviște were riding with him on the back seats, but they all escaped with minor injuries. His girlfriend, in the passenger seat, also died.
22 December 2001	Jovan Gojković	Iraklis Thessaloniki	Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia	1	Died while on holiday during the winter break.
23 January 2002	Vittorio Mero	Brescia	Rovato, Italy	1	Died in the A4 highway
20 February 2002	Philippe Schuth	ANancy	Custines, France	1
2 March 2002	Jason Mayélé	Chievo	Bussolengo, Italy	1	Died aged 26 after his car collided with another while he was attempting to catch the Chievo team bus for a match against Parma. He was taken to hospital in Verona by helicopter, but later died
22 April 2002	Massimiliano Ossari	Thiene	Vicenza, Italy	1
23 September 2002	Sergei Krestov	Mosenergo Moscow	Moscow, Russia	1
5 October 2002	Stepan Molokutsko	Illichivets Mariupol	Novotroitske, Ukraine	1	Died while driving on the way to Mariupol
16 October 2002	Haytham Kajjo	Al-Jihad	Deir Ezzor, Syria	1
23 November 2002	Danijel Popović	Osijek	Borovo, Croatia	1	Died aged 20
28 November 2002	Mahicon Librelato	Internacional	Florianópolis, Brazil	3	Died after his car crashed during a storm.
26 December 2002	Samuel Máñez	Veracruz	Veracruz, Mexico	2	Died on the México-Veracruz highway after returning to his club from the Christmas holiday season. A girl was also killed, while his wife and two children were injured.
30 May 2003	Silvester Sabolčki	Dinamo Zagreb	Varaždin, Croatia	3	Died together
	Kristijan Kitner	Varteks
	Krunoslav Sabolić	Slaven Belupo
5 July 2003	Pyotr Khrustovsky	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast	Volgograd Oblast, Russia	1
27 July 2003	Audrius Šlekys	FBK Kaunas	Žiegždriai, Lithuania	1	Killed after he lost control of his BMW
9 August 2003	Jimmy Davis	Manchester United	M40 in Oxfordshire	1	The Manchester United starlet, who was on loan by Watford died on his way to attend Watford's opening game against Coventry City.
9 August 2003	Lesley Manyathela	Orlando Pirates	Musina, South Africa	1	Killed while travelling to visit his mother.
31 August 2003	Jung Yong-hoon	Suwon Samsung Bluewings	Seoul, South Korea	1
13 March 2004	Blessing Makunike	CAPS United	Harare, Zimbabwe	5	Three players and two supporters died after their car hit the pillar of a bridge and caught fire, the greatest loss of lives in a single incident in Zimbabwean football.
	Shingirai Alron
	Gary Mashoko
12 December 2004	Mattia Dal Bello	Milan	Bassano del Grappa, Italy	1	Died after droving his Audi A3 into a wall. A companion survived without serious injuries
30 December 2004	Saad Al-Dosari	Al Hilal	Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia	1
7 May 2005	Otilino Tenorio	El Nacional	Guayaquil, Ecuador	1	The 25-year old died on his way to Quevedo, to visit his family. The accident happened three days after he played for his country in a 1–0 win over Paraguay, which was a friendly match played in New York City. The car in which he was travelling collided with a gas truck on the Santo Domingo-Quevedo road
18 May 2005	Whayne Wilson	Brujas	San José, Costa Rica	1	Died four days after his car collided with a truck on a highway
13 July 2005	Aleksandr Kovalyov	Torpedo-RG	Bryansk Oblast, Russia	2	Two players died in a traffic accident caused by a moose running onto the road.
	Aleksei Musatov	Dynamo Bryansk
18 September 2005	Luciano van den Berg	Stormvogels Telstar	Almere, Netherlands	1	Died after he lost control of his car, drove through a roadblock and crashed.
14 January 2006	Mark Philo	Wycombe Wanderers	Bracknell, England	2
11 August 2006	Weverson	São Paulo	São Lourenço da Serra, Brazil	2	Goalkeeper of the São Paulo FC under-20 squad. Died with Finasa Osasco volleyball player Natália Lani Sena Manfrim. Another São Paulo goalkeeper, Bruno Landgraf, lost the use of his legs and became a Paralympic sailor, representing Brazil at the 2016 Paralympics
4 September 2006	Mlondi Mdluli	Manzini Wanderers	Eswatini	1
9 September 2006	Simon Patterson	Wingate & Finchley	London, England	1
12 May 2007	Edy Vásquez	Motagua	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	1	Died in the Hospital Escuela after the car which was carrying him crashed into a wall at the Fuerzas Armadas Boulevard in Colonia Las Brisas
26 May 2007	Marek Krejčí	Wacker Burghausen	Bavaria, Germany	1
26 June 2007	Serhiy Levchenko	Nafkom Brovary	Kyiv, Ukraine	1
8 July 2007	Alemão	Palmeiras	Nova Iguaçu, Brazil	2	Died along with his brother-in-law in a rollover.
23 July 2007	Mirsha Serrano	Tecos UAG	Michoacán, Mexico	1
25 August 2007	Ray Jones	Queens Park Rangers	London, England	1	Died in East Ham in the early hours after the vehicle he was driving collided with a bus.
2 September 2007	Nando	Black Leopards	near Modjadjiskloof, South Africa	4	Was driving from Johannesburg to Maputo for an African Nations Cup qualifier against Tanzania when his car veered off the road and went up in flames. He, his wife and their children were burnt beyond recognition and the bodies were discovered four days later in Limpopo province.
3 September 2007	Gift Leremi	Mamelodi Sundowns	Alberton, South Africa	1
19 October 2007	Michael Maidens	Blyth Spartans	Middlesbrough, England	1
5 April 2008	Wang Donglei	Nanjing Yoyo	Jiangsu, China	1	Died aged 23
15 July 2008	Gionata Mingozzi	Treviso	Campagna Lupia, Italy	1	Died after his Porsche hit a lorry
9 December 2008	Ibrahim Dossey	Târgovişte	Bucharest, Romania	1	Had signed with Târgovişte two days before he crashed his car, and fell into a coma. His wife and two children were not hurt	He was in a coma for nearly three months, before he died in Bagdasar Arseni Hospital-Bucharest on 9 December 2008, aged 36.
12 August 2008	Maksym Pashayev	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Poltava Oblast, Ukraine	1
28 March 2009	Donald Thobega	Botswana Defence Force XI	Lobatse, Botswana	1	Was involved in a car accident while driving back to Lobatse from a music concert in Molapowabojang. Following the incident, he spent almost three weeks in the Intensive Care Unit of Princes Marina Hospital in Lobatse before dying of his injuries
30 May 2009	Alexander Obregón	Alba Acajutla	La Libertad, El Salvador	1	Former teammate and friend, Colombian player Christian Gil suffered severe injuries to the skull and thorax in the same accident.
7 June 2009	Gordon Lennon	Dumbarton	Inverness, Scotland	1	Died in an off-road accident aged 26 while on a family break near Dingwall – the car in which he was a passenger struck an electrical pole which snapped causing live wires to fall onto the bodywork, and he was fatally electrocuted when he tried to exit the vehicle.
11 August 2009	Jan Sillo	AmaZulu	Harrismith, South Africa	1	Died after the car he was driving overturned on the N5 highway in Free State.
19 September 2009	Brian Filipi	Ravenna	Cervia, Italy	1
20 September 2009	Hernan Córdoba	Atlético Huila	Rivera, Colombia	2	Died together
	Mario Beltrán
11 October 2009	Brian Filipi	Ravenna	Cervia, Italy	1
12 October 2009	Samy Abu Zaid	Asyut Petroleum	Egypt	1	Died on the way to training. He was accompanied by chief medic Khaled Anwar, who survived with a few knocks.
28 March 2010	Derlis Florentín	Atenas	Eusebio Ayala, Paraguay	2	Died after his car crashed into another on the Cordillera Highway, 54 kilometers away from Asunción. He was taken to hospital, but died shortly after. His companion, Aléxis Afonso, also died
22 April 2010	Gustav Kral	UFC Purbach	Lichtenwörth, Austria	1	On April 5, 2010, he was involved in a car accident in Bretten, Germany, and died seven days later
12 June 2010	Mao Mengsuo	Tai Po	Tibet, China	2	Died along with his girlfriend, Li Zhuoling, while teaching rural children
27 August 2010	Oscar Ntwagae	Platinum Stars	Germiston, South Africa	1	Killed after being knocked down by a motorist after coming back from Jomo Cosmos training where he was attending trials.
11 September 2010	Diego Rodríguez	Nacional	Montevideo, Uruguay	1	Seriously injured in a car crash on 9 September 2010, and was admitted to the ICU at La Española hospital. He suffered brain and chest trauma as a result of the accident, and died two days later of cardiac arrest aged 22.
5 December 2010	Shamil Burziyev	Anzhi Makhachkala	Kizilyurtovsky District, Russia	2	Died along with his friend. Another person was criticallly injured
23 June 2011	Dennis Marshall	AaB	San José, Costa Rica	2	Died along with his girlfriend Meilyn Arianna Masís Castro on the Braulio Carrillo highway 20 kilometres (12 mi) east of San José while on their way to Marshall's parents in Limón
18 April 2011	Olubayo Adefemi	Skoda Xanthi	Kavala, Greece	1	Died while driving on Egnatia Odos
25 May 2011	Miroslav Opsenica	Kolubara	Serbia	1	Died aged 29.
4 June 2011	Gianfranco Espejo	Sporting Cristal	Tumbes, Peru	1
13 August 2011	Álvaro Lara	Rangers	San Javier, Chile	1	Crashed his car into a wagon driven by a drunk driver along Chile Route 5. He was taken to Maule Regional Hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries
19 August 2011	Yevhen Yevseyev	Arsenal Kyiv	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine	1
25 September 2011	Theyab Awana	Baniyas	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	1	Died aged 21
26 November 2011	István Gajda	Maglódi	near Pákozd, Hungary	1	Gajda, his brother and a friend headed home after Udinese – Roma Italian Cup match, on the M7 motorway, when their car crashed into a truck. Gajda, who was asleep in the back seat without a seatbelt, was thrown out from the vehicle and died instantly
2 January 2012	Paulo Rodrigues	Viktoria Plzeň	Bohutín, Czech Republic	1	Died aged 25
17 May 2012	Patrick Mafisango	Simba	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	1	Died on the way to hospital
28 May 2012	Ludovic Quistin		Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe	1
4 January 2013	Lassaâd Ouertani	JS Kairouan	Tunis, Tunisia	1
9 June 2013	Solomon Oboh	Warri Wolves	Delta State, Nigeria	1	Died aged 23.
5 November 2013	Abdou Nef		Meftah, Blida Province, Algeria	1
22 November 2013	Jancarlos	Rio Branco (ES)	Natividade, Brazil	1	Killed aged 30.
2 February 2014	Sibusiso Papa	Witbank Spurs	East London, South Africa, Brazil	1
8 February 2014	Maicon	Mariupol	Donetsk, Ukraine	1	While returning home on his Hyundai Elantra near the Kalinin Hospital on prospekt Illicha (Illich Avenue), Maicon entered the ongoing traffic side of the street when maneuvering to pass a vehicle that signalled for a turn to the nearest gas station. While passing on the ongoing traffic lane, the footballer's vehicle made a head-on collision with a Škoda Superb, after which it hit a pole. With multiple injuries, the driver of the Škoda was hospitalized in a critical condition, while Maicon died on the scene.
12 April 2014	Maurício Alves	Boulogne	France	1	Killed aged 24.
16 December 2014	Joseph Henyekane	Roses United	Kimberley, South Africa	1	Died four months before his brother, Richard, died in a separate car accident.
20 December 2014	Seriki Audu	Lobi Stars	Nigeria	1
10 January 2015	Junior Malanda	VfL Wolfsburg	Porta Westfalica, Germany	1	Malanda was travelling in the back seat of a Volkswagen Touareg on the A2 in northern Germany to catch a flight to a training camp in South Africa. Apparently without outside influence, the car cleared the guardrail on the side of the road and crashed into a tree and overturned multiple times, Malanda was catapulted from the back seat of the car.
8 March 2015	Pavlo Khudzik	Zorya Luhansk	Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine	1
28 July 2015	Diego Barisone	Lanús	Coronda, Argentina	1
17 January 2016	Mondli Cele	Maritzburg United	Pietermaritzburg, South Africa	1	Died after the car he was in plunged into the Msunduzi River
21 June 2016	Şehmus Özer	Amed SK	Elazığ, Turkey	1
8 October 2016	Maximiliano Giusti	Mushuc Runa	Argentina	1
7 May 2017	Eduard Gutiérrez	Atlético Huila	Garzón, Colombia	1	Died aged 21
12 June 2017	Pessalli	Paraná	Curitiba, Brazil	1	The 26-year old lost control of his Audi A5 Sportback when going around a corner and crashed sideways against a utility pole. The crash was so strong that it tore the pole of the ground. He died on the spot.
4 July 2017	Ntuthuko Radebe	K.A.S. Eupen	Newcastle, South Africa	1
8 October 2017	Mlondi Dlamini	Maritzburg United	Mpophomeni, South Africa	1
4 November 2017	Tallys	Paysandu	Garopaba, Brazil	1
15 February 2018	Mogau Tshehla	Polokwane City	South Africa	1
18 February 2018	Chinedu Udoji	Kano Pillars	Nigeria	1	Died aged 28
15 May 2018	Jlloyd Samuel	Egerton	Cheshire, England	1	Was travelling home after taking his children to school when his Range Rover collided with a van. He died at the scene and the driver of the other vehicle was seriously injured.
28 July 2018	Kalia Kulothungan	Bhawanipore	Tamil Nadu, India	1
9 September 2018	Krystian Popiela	Stal Rzeszów	Wola Wielka, Poland	1	Died aged 20.
17 December 2018	Andrey Shcharbakow	Vitebsk	Vitebsk Oblast, Belarus	1	Died along with his wife and child
17 February 2019	Paul Ramos	Gimnasia y Esgrima	Yofre Norte, Argentina	1	Died following a two-vehicle collision
7 April 2019	Luis Páez	Independiente CG	Mariano Roque Alonso, Paraguay	1
25 May 2019	Thembinkosi Mbamba	TS Galaxy	South Africa	1
1 June 2019	José Antonio Reyes	Extremadura	Utrera, Spain	2	Killed along with his cousin
2 December 2019	Juan Pablo Vergara	Binacional	Juliaca, Peru	1	Was involved in a car accident along with teammates Donald Millán and Jeferson Collazos. The three footballers were headed to Juliaca from Puno to train with Deportivo Binacional as preparation for their upcoming series of matches for the championship round of the 2019 Peruvian Liga 1 playoffs when Vergara's car flipped on the side of the Puno–Juliaca road due to slippery conditions caused by rain and hail. The three were helped out of the vehicle by rescuers and taken to Clínica Americana in Juliaca. Millán and Collazos were discharged but Vergara died of his injuries. The clinic said that the impact of the steering wheel with Vergara resulted in "a severe massive hemorrhage in the left hemithorax" caused by the perforation of the liver by a broken rib
19 December 2019	Shahdon Winchester		Gasparillo, Trinidad and Tobago	4	Killed along with three others
22 December 2019	Édison Realpe	L.D.U. Quito	Esmeraldas, Ecuador	2	Killed along with a companion
3 January 2020	Nathaël Julan	EA Guingamp	Pordic, France	1	Killed after leaving training.
22 March 2020	Ifeanyi George	Enugu Rangers	Abudu, Nigeria	3	Killed while traveling from Enugu to Lagos following the cancelation of the Nigerian league due to COVID-19. Ifenayi, along with teammate Emmanuel Ogbu and friend Eteka Gabriel, were reported to have crashed into an articulated vehicle. All of them died at the scene.
15 October 2020	Sultan Saif	Al-Falah	Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	1
16 November 2020	Dairon Blanco		Cienfuegos, Cuba	1
23 November 2020	Anele Ngcongca	AmaZulu	KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	1	Died on the N2 highway
12 December 2020	Motjeka Madisha	Mamelodi Sundowns	Kempton Park, South Africa	1	Died on a road east of Johannesburg
11 January 2022	Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık	Konyaspor	Ankara, Turkey	1	Died aged 27
24 April 2022	Freddy Hall	St. George's Colts	St George's, Bermuda	2
14 May 2022	Maxi Rolón		Casilda, Argentina	2	Died along with his brother, Ariel, after their car collided with a tree
10 June 2022	Billel Benhammouda	USM Alger	Bou Ismaïl, Algeria	1	After the end of the Algeria A' match against DR Congo A', Madjid Bougherra decided to lay off the players for one day. The 24-year old Benhammouda called his friend to take him home but was killed on the road between Douaouda and Bou Ismaïl
14 May 2023	Marco Warren	PHC Zebras	Hamilton Parish, Bermuda	1	Killed in a hit-and-run collision aged 29. He was discovered with severe head injuries on North Shore Road and died a short time later at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
12 August 2023	Paollo Madeira	Hoàng Anh Gia Lai	Pleiku, Vietnam	3	Killed along with assistant coach Duong Minh Ninh and team doctor Dao Trong Tri

Motorcycle accidents

Date	Name	Team	Location	Fatalities	Description	Ref
14 July 1924	Charlie Radford	Manchester United	Wolverhampton, England	1
26 July 1927	Jan Hassink	PSV	Eindhoven, Netherlands	1
25 June 1940	Tom Cooper	Liverpool	Aldeburgh, England	1	Died after his despatch motorcycle collided with a lorry
31 October 1958	Harry Bamford	Bristol Rovers	Gloucestershire, England	1	Died on the way to a coaching session in Clark's Grammar School in Clifton after his motorcycle collided with a delivery van in Apsley Road on 28 October 1958. He remained in Frenchay hospital for three days before dying from his injuries
2 July 1972	Edmond Apéti Kaolo	Étoile Filante du Togo	Lomé, Togo	1
25 November 1995	Alan Nicholls	Stalybridge Celtic	Peterborough, England	2	After helping his team win 3–1 =against Dover Athletic, Nicholls left with his friend Scott Lindsey, and Scott's brother, Matthew, and their father. Nicholls travelled in the car with Scott and his father, while Matthew followed on his motorbike. About an hour into their journey, Nicholls offered to travel on the back of Matthew's motorbike. Soon afterwards, Matthew lost control of the bike on the A1 and careered off the road. They were both killed instantly.
8 January 2006	Garrafa Sánchez	Deportivo Laferrere	Buenos Aires, Argentina	1	Died after attempting a wheelie
22 June 2007	Lenar Gilmullin	Rubin Kazan	Kazan, Russia	1	Died following his birthday party.
11 July 2012	Tumaini Steede	Devonshire Cougars	Paget, Bermuda	1	Was involved in a motorcycle collision on 2 July 2012, and died from his injuries nine days later.
16 February 2013	Colin Edwards	Caledonia AIA	Georgetown, Guyana	1
17 April 2016	Trần Phước Thọ	Đồng Tâm Long An	Long An, Vietnam	1	Died aged 23.
19 May 2019	Leidy Asprilla	Orsomarso	Valle del Cauca, Colombia	1	Was reported missing on 19 May 2019 while on her way to a training session in Palmira. Her body was found several days later on a nearby highway near her motorcycle. Police announced that she had died in a traffic accident, rather than a kidnapping or murder as previously assumed.
22 June 2019	Thalles	Vasco da Gama	São Gonçalo, Brazil	1
17 October 2022	Rajes Perumal	Petaling Jaya City	Selangor, Malaysia	1

Other transportation accidents

Date	Team	Transportation	Location	Fatalities	Description	Ref
3 October 1936	L'Aquila Calcio	Train	Lazio, Italy	15	Coach killed and all players forced to quit professional football due to injuries in a train crash in Contigliano, on the Terni–Sulmona railway. Team was relegated and never managed to recover the second-tier Serie B league.
5 July 1951	Þór Akureyri	Bus	Óshlíð, Iceland	2	A footballer died after the bus was struck by heavy rocks, another club member who was not part of the football team also died.
14 February 1981	Chivas Guadalajara	Bus	Puebla, Mexico	1	Cement truck collided with team bus on the Mexico-Puebla highway, killing player (Pepe Martínez) and severely injuring nine others.
10 May 1987	Querétaro F.C.	Bus	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	3	Three members of team killed
20 January 1989	Samsunspor	Bus	Samsun, Turkey	5	3 players and coach Nuri Asan killed. Two players had career-ending injuries.
19 April 1992	Inter Sibiu	Bus	Șeica Mare, Romania	2	Radu Gabriel Năstase and Bogdan Bănuță killed in the accident.
15 January 2009	Brasil de Pelotas	Bus	Canguçu, Brazil	3	2 players (Regis Gouveia and Claudio Milar) and one member of staff (the goalkeeper coach Giovani Guimarães) killed
16 February 2015	Estudiantes de Mérida	Bus	Mérida, Mérida, Venezuela	1	On 31 January 2015, Carlos de Castro was injured when the minibus carrying him and other Estudiantes de Mérida players crashed on the José Antonio Páez highway in Carabobo. In the accident, he suffered a fractured spinal cord. During surgery to correct his injury, de Castro suffered a fatal cardiac arrest due to respiratory failure.
26 March 2016	Wolczanka Wolka Pelkinska	Bus	Rzeszów, Poland	5	Three players died immediately after the accident, and two others died later in hospital.
29 April 2019	Alanyaspor	Minibus	Alanya, Turkey	1	Josef Šural died after being critically injured when a minibus transporting him and six other players crashed 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Alanya.
14 June 2022	Mes Kerman	Bus	Kerman-Tehran Road, Yazd province, Iran	15	1 member of team killed, several injured
19 January 2023	Charlotte	Boat	Miami, United States	1	Anton Walkes found unconscious after two boats crash in Miami, dead by the following morning.

Other accidents

Date	Name	Team	Location	Fatalities	Description
28 February 1967	Dick Keith	Weymouth	Bournemouth, England	1	Died after an automatic garage door he was dismantling collapsed on top of him at a builder's yard.
23 June 2000	Peter Dubovský	Real Oviedo	Ko Samui, Thailand	1	Was on vacation with his fiancée. While taking pictures of a waterfall, he tumbled and fell to his death, succumbing to "heavy loss of blood and severe brain injuries".
29 June 2019	Florijana Ismaili	BSC YB	Lake Como, Italy	1	Dived into the lake from a boat diving platform while on holiday in Lombardy, but did not resurface and was declared missing. Two days later, her body was found at the bottom of the lake at a depth of 204 metres (669 feet). Her cause of death was listed as asphyxia.
26 December 2020	Maximiliano Pereira	Central Español	Minas, Uruguay	1	Accidentally drowned at the Salto del Penitente.
7 February 2023	Ahmet Eyüp Türkaslan	Yeni Malatyaspor	Malatya, Turkey	59,000+	Killed in the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake after being trapped under a collapsed residential building. His body was recovered the following day.
18 February 2023	Christian Atsu	Hatayspor	Antakya, Turkey		Killed in the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake after being trapped under the rubble of his club's headquarters. His body was recovered nearly two weeks later.
2 August 2023	Jesus Lopez Ortiz	Deportivo Rio Cañas	Guanacaste, Costa Rica	1	Devoured by a crocodile.
4 September 2023	Violeta Mițul	Einherji	Vopnafjörður, Iceland	1	Died after accidentally falling from a cliff in the harbour area while on a mountain hike with teammates.
10 September 2023	Shaheen Al-Jamil	Al Tahaddi	Derna, Libya	6,800+	Died in floods caused by Storm Daniel.
10 September 2023	Monder Sadaqa	Darnes	Derna, Libya		Died in floods caused by Storm Daniel.
10 September 2023	Saleh Sasi	Darnes	Derna, Libya		Died in floods caused by Storm Daniel.
10 September 2023	Ayoub Sasi	Darnes	Derna, Libya		Died in floods caused by Storm Daniel.
10 September 2023	Ibrahim Al-Qaziri	Nusour Martouba	Derna, Libya		Died in floods caused by Storm Daniel.

Illnesses

Note: The following table includes players who were forced to retire from football due to one of the diseases related to their death, and does not include those who announced their retirement before the disease was diagnosed.

Date	Name	Age	Team	Notes
1 March 1922	Pichichi	29	Athletic Bilbao	Died of a sudden attack of typhus.
5 April 1968	Brian Hill	30	Club Brugge	Died of a heart attack.
June 1972	Trevor Roberts	30	Cambridge United	Admitted to hospital with a brain tumour in February 1972 and died four months later in a nursing home.
15 March 1976	Jack McClelland	35	Barnet	Died of a brain tumour.
15 June 1978	Alan Groves	29	Blackpool	Died of heart failure.
18 September 1978	Bobby Finch	30		Died of meningitis.
14 August 1981	Mel Holden	26	Zwolle	Died of motor neurone disease; the illness had forced his retirement from playing some two years previously.
14 August 1984	Mike Barrett	24	Bristol Rovers	Died from cancer.
14 October 1986	Barry Salvage	39	Eastbourne Town	Died from a heart attack.
3 December 1986	Austin Hayes	28	Friska Viljor	Died from lung cancer after contracting pneumonia, just three weeks after the illness was diagnosed.
17 August 1990	Ian Handysides	27	Birmingham City	Diagnosed with a brain tumour in the autumn of 1988 and died in Solihull two years later.
29 July 2013	Christian Benítez	27	El Jaish	Died from cardiac arrest a day after his debut in the Sheikh Jassim Cup against Qatar SC.
4 March 2018	Davide Astori	31	Fiorentina	Died in his sleep while staying in a hotel in Udine prior to a match against Udinese, proven to be caused by cardiac arrest determined from an autopsy conducted two days later.
1 November 2019	Diana González	26	América	Died as a result of decompensation in glucose levels after suffering hypoglycemia.
24 May 2020	Deibert Guzmán	25	Universitario del Beni	Died from COVID-19, the first active footballer to do so.
9 April 2021	Daniel Benítez	33	Zamora	Died of cancer, thirteen months after he was diagnosed with the disease.

Murders

Date	Name	Age	Team	Notes
11 November 1923	Tommy Ball	23	Aston Villa	Shot and killed by his landlord.
August 1927	Stanley Cowie	36/37	Barry	Found in the River Tyne with his hands and feet tied with cord.
29 July 1936	Bebel García	22	Deportivo La Coruña	Executed minutes after the coup of July 1936.
2 September 1938	Ángel Arocha	31	Atlétic Madrid	Killed in the Spanish Civil War
4 June 1951	Sándor Szűcs	29	Újpest FC	Executed by the Hungarian communist regime after attempting to defect to Austria.
2 November 1971	Robert Mensah	32	Asante Kotoko	Stabbed with a broken bottle after an altercation in an akpeteshie bar.
30 May 1974	Octavio Muciño	24	Chivas Guadalajara	Shot outside a restaurant in Guadalajara by a rival fan. The shooter, 32 year-old Atlas fan Jaime Muldoon Barreto fled Mexico and relocated to Spain. Muldoon Barreto returned to Mexico in 1980 and was never charged for Muciño's murder. It is widely speculated that his freedom is attributed to the influence and power possessed by the Muldoon Barreto family within the Mexican government.
11 January 1977	Luciano Re Cecconi	28	Lazio	Shot dead in Rome after pretending to rob a friend's jewelry shop as a practical joke.
11 April 1979	Mohamed Akid	29	Al-Riyadh	The official version was that Akid was struck by lightning during a training session at his club. The circumstances surrounding the death have fueled a controversy between his surviving family and the authorities. An autopsy in 2012 confirmed the presence of two shots in his body and Akid's son confirmed the involvement of Saudi Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
7 March 1983	Lutz Eigendorf	26	Eintracht Braunschweig	Reportedly assassinated for defecting from East to West Germany.
5 December 1993	Raúl Esnal	37	Apaneca
2 July 1994	Andrés Escobar	27	Atlético Nacional	Shot six times with a .38 calibre pistol. His murderers reportedly shouted "¡Gol!" ("Goal!") after each shot, with the murder widely believed to be a punishment for the own goal he scored at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
12 December 1998	Tito Díaz	28	FAS	Shot dead in a bar in Santa Rosa de Lima.
19 January 2003	Milton Flores	28	Real España	Killed by automatic weapons fire inside his car under disputed circumstances.
28 July 2004	Naser Al-Sohi	29	Al-Tadamon	His body was found in a building under construction, However a post-mortem examination showed he may have died from a severe beating.
6 November 2004	Claudinei Resende	26	Helsingborgs IF	Shot in the head at a concert hall west of Belo Horizonte.
20 June 2005	William López	26	Alianza	Shot in the abdomen by gang members.
6 January 2006	Elson Becerra	27	Al Jazira	Shot in a night club in Cartagena.
18 May 2006	Kiyan Prince	15	Queens Park Rangers	Killed while trying to stop the bullying of another boy.
26 May 2006	Selvin González	24	Real San Martín	Shot by armed men at his girlfriend's house.
16 February 2007	Ehab Karim	26	Al-Sinaa	Killed in a bombing in Baghdad.
13 June 2007	Hussein Dokmak	25	Nejmeh	Killed by a car bomb.
13 June 2007	Hussein Naeem	20	Nejmeh	Killed by a car bomb.
28 April 2008	Eudy Simelane	31	Springs Home Sweepers	Abducted, gang raped, beaten, and stabbed 25 times in the face, chest, and legs because of her sexuality.
20 February 2009	Július Nôta	37	Rimavská Sobota	Stabbed.
14 June 2009	Abel Tador	24	Bayelsa United	Shot dead by armed robbers in the Niger Delta.
13 October 2009	Orane Simpson	26	Tivoli Gardens	Stabbed to death in Kingston.
18 December 2009	Victor Helu	26	Civics Windhoek	Stabbed to death in Windhoek.
6 May 2010	Guillermo Meza	21	Pumas Morelos	Shot in the head after attackers chased him in a taxi and opened fire.
1 July 2010	Eddie Moussa	26	Assyriska	Shot in Café Oasen in Södertälje.
30 August 2010	Philip Tisson	24	Helenites	Shot in Brooklyn, New York City.
3 October 2010	Nelson Rivera	19	Isidro Metapan	Died days after being shot in the head on 18 September 2010 after unknown gunmen attacked the car he was traveling in.
6 February 2011	William Morais	19	América Mineiro	Killed in a robbery attempt in Belo Horizonte.
19 October 2011	Édison Chará	31	Dalian Aerbin	Shot by hitmen in Puerto Tejada, Cauca.
21 January 2012	Jeffrey Ntuka	26	SuperSport United	Fatally stabbed in his hometown of Kroonstad.
3 February 2014	Chiwanki Lyainga	30	Red Arrows	Stabbed during a bar fight in Chawama Township.
25 May 2014	Jhonny Perozo	29	Zulia	Murdered during a fight in an entertainment center in Lagunillas.
23 August 2014	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.
26 October 2014	Senzo Meyiwa	30	Orlando Pirates	Shot and killed in a robbery at his girlfriend's house in Vosloorus.
10 December 2015	Arnold Peralta	26	Olimpia	Shot and killed in La Ceiba.
13 May 2016	Rodrigo Espíndola	26	Nueva Chicago	Shot and killed during a robbery.
15 April 2017	Amílcar Henríquez	33	Árabe Unido	Killed in his hometown of Colón in a drive-by shooting.
13 May 2017	Alisson	17	Floresta	Shot dead during the celebration for the club's promotion to the Campeonato Cearense first division.
7 July 2017	Johnson Kendrick	25	Al-Gharafa	Shot and killed during a robbery in Guarujá.
8 July 2017	Roy Richards	33	Rendezvous	Shot and killed at a shop in Kingstown.
1 June 2018	Alejandro Peñaranda	24	Cortuluá	Shot and killed.
8 July 2018	Tazir Kariyev	29	Lokomotiv Kropotkin	Shot and killed.
27 October 2018	Daniel Correa	24	São Bento	Murdered after attending a party in São José dos Pinhais.
18 September 2019	Kelvin Maynard	32	Alphense Boys	Shot and killed in Amsterdam.
31 October 2019	Tarania Clarke	20	Waterhouse	Stabbed after a dispute over a mobile phone.
24 January 2020	Kennedy Isles	25	Newtown United	Shot and killed.
25 January 2020	Jordan Sinnott	25	Matlock Town	Sustained a head injury during an altercation with two men and later died.
25 January 2020	Edwin Espinoza	25	Guayaquil City	Shot and killed outside his home in Guayaquil in a suspected case of mistaken identity.
4 February 2023	Oshwin Andries	19	Stellenbosch	Died days after being stabbed during an altercation at a bar on 29 January 2023.
23 July 2023	Ariana Estefanía Chancay	26	Las Dragonas	Shot and killed in her hometown of Manta while talking with the town's mayor, Agustin Intriago, who was the target of the attack.
3 September 2023	Gilberto Hernández	26	C.A. Independiente	Killed in his hometown of Colón in a drive-by shooting.

Suicides

Date	Name	Age	Team	Notes
24 March 1913	James Blair	29	Stockport County	Found by his brother after slitting his own throat at home. He had reportedly been despondent over ill health and being unable to take part in the Easter matches.
5 March 1918	Abdón Porte	24/25	Nacional	After a match, Porte arrived at Estadio Gran Parque Central in Montevideo, entered the midfield and shot himself. His body and a suicide note were found the next morning.
26 July 1932	Billy Callender	29	Crystal Palace	Committed suicide at the club ground, following the death of his fiancée from polio. He was found hanged in the team dressing room after training.
23 June 1978	Tommy McLaren	29	Telford United	Given a free transfer to Telford United in May 1977, he went on to commit suicide the following year, having never come to terms with leaving Port Vale.
21 March 1982	Dave Clement	34	Wimbledon	Died at his father-in-law's flat in Battersea, having suffered from depression for several years.
11 November 1982	John Lyons	26	Colchester United	Died at his home in Layer de la Haye only hours after appearing for Colchester United at Layer Road.
24 December 1985	Erich Schaedler	36	Dumbarton	Died in Cardrona Forest.
4 February 1992	Alan Davies	30	Swansea City	After dropping his daughter off at school, he drove to Horton, and took his own life by carbon monoxide poisoning.
17 October 1997	Ramiro Castillo	31	Bolívar	Never recovered from his son's death and committed suicide by hanging himself in his home in La Paz.
1 November 2002	Lester Morgan	26	Herediano	Died in San Rafael de Heredia. The reason for his suicide has been speculated throughout Costa Rica, although chronic traumatic encephalopathy is suspected.
10 November 2009	Robert Enke	32	Hannover 96	Died by standing in front of a regional express train at a level crossing in Eilvese, Neustadt am Rübenberge.
14 December 2010	Dale Roberts	24	Rushden & Diamonds	Death announced just hours before he was due to play in an FA Trophy match against his former club Eastwood Town. The match was subsequently postponed. Roberts was found by Northamptonshire Police at his home in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire. The cause of death was reported to be suicide by hanging.
22 April 2011	Cheung Sai Ho	35	Lam Pak	Died after jumping from his home in Tin Heng Estate. Police reported that he was having a dispute with his wife over money and love before the incident.
18 July 2014	Andreas Biermann	35	FSV Spandauer Kickers
23 April 2017	František Rajtoral	31	Gaziantepspor	Found dead in his apartment, having committed suicide the day before.
19 May 2017	David Bystroň	34	US Schluein Ilanz	Reportedly hanged himself in his house in Ilanz, Switzerland.
30 June 2018	Juraj Halenár	35	SV Gaflenz	Found dead in the woods of Vrakuňa.
30 October 2020	Kim Nam-chun	31	Seoul	Found dead in a parking lot in Songpa.
21 November 2022	Karim Gazzetta	27	Zrinjski Mostar	Jumped from the eighth floor of a building in Mostar.
23 April 2023	Nizar Issaoui	35	ES El Jem	Died after setting himself on fire.

See also

• Sudden cardiac death of athletes
• Sudden arrhythmic death syndrome