Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark’s friendly against Ukraine and was briefly unconscious but is “doing well”, according to the Danish Football Association.
Eriksen, 34, suffered a cardiac arrest while playing for his country at the European Championship in 2021, but made a full recovery.
He had an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) fitted after the incident and returned to training just six months later and making his comeback
The midfielder had hoped to appear at a fourth World Cup this summer, but Denmark failed to qualify after defeat on penalties to Czechia.
Having been briefly dropped by Denmark last year, Eriksen’s form in Germany earned him a recall and he was winning his 151st cap for his country at the Odense Stadium on Sunday night, where they were leading Ukraine 2-1 after 65 minutes when he collapsed.
“Christian is doing well and walked off the pitch by himself. As I see it, the pacemaker responded as it should,” said Morten Boesen, the Danish national team’s doctor said.
“He was briefly unconscious, but regained consciousness very quickly, and we were quickly in contact with him.
“He will now undergo further examinations at the hospital to determine what caused the incident. We are in ongoing contact with him and the doctors at the hospital.
“But Christian is doing well, and he asked me to send his regards to all the players and tell them that he was okay.”
After leaving Tottenham in January 2020 having spent nearly seven years at the club, Eriksen signed for Inter Milan.
But after suffering a heart attack at the delayed Euro 2020 tournament 18 months later and having an ICD fitted, he was told that he would not be able to play for Inter again due to Italian Football Federation rules over pacemakers and defibrillators.
He instead signed for Brentford in January 2022 before going on to play for Manchester United and his current club Wolfsburg.
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