Former Celtic and Bristol City winger Evander Sno has suffered a heart attack in a reserve match between his club Ajax and Vitesse Arnhem on Monday.
The 23-year-old had to revived three times with a defibrillator after collapsing on the pitch.
A statement on the Ajax website said the player was conscious and responding to doctors in hospital in Arnhem.
"Fortunately our doctor and physio were there quickly," Ajax coach Albert van der Dussen told Dutch newspaper AD.
"They have performed an heroic act and saved his life, he was very lucky."
Sno fell to the ground 18 minutes after coming on as a half-time substitute in Monday's game and was treated on the pitch for more than 10 minutes before finally coming round.
"He looked surprised to see all those people there," added Van der Dussen. "I don't think he realised what was going on but everyone was greatly relieved.
"The ambulance crew then took over and took him to hospital."
The Netherlands Under-21 player - who began his career with Feyenoord, before a loan spell with NAC Breda and two years with Celtic - spent most of the 2009/10 season on loan at Bristol City before returning to Amsterdam to push for a place in the Ajax first team.
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agreed
can't think what causes it, doesn't happen in other sports
drugs or fixture overload are most likely
I don't necessarily think those are the issues.Some of these players have underlying medical conditions that haven't been detected.Once they exert their bodies,then it's almost always catastrophic.My 2 cents.
they all are either from poor african countries or with holland, many are from surinam, and early physical checks are non exsistent, the medicals they get when they join big clubs should find these problems and fix them, such as tony vidmar, although he was in his 30's
DOC wrote:they all are either from poor african countries or with holland, many are from surinam, and early physical checks are non exsistent, the medicals they get when they join big clubs should find these problems and fix them, such as tony vidmar, although he was in his 30's
didnt some player in Portugal die on the pitch a few years ago?
