Spanish footballer Jesus De Miguel dies after collision with keeper

Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel died on Tuesday as a result of injuries he suffered in a sickening collision with FC Andorra’s goalkeeper in a Spanish second division match. “Broken with pain, with a lump in our throat and unable to believe this is real, CD Tenerife announces the tragic death, at 8:00am (07:00 GMT), of Jesus de Miguel Alameda,” his club Tenerife said in a statement. “No words can ease the pain, nothing can lessen this great feeling of sadness. Our thoughts are with the family, his close friends and Tenerife fans, who today are grieving over this terrible news. ” De Miguel, 30, was fouled in the middle of the pitch by Equatorial Guinea international goalkeeper Jesus Owono, who had raced out of his goal to try and clear the ball.

Tenerife’s Jesus de Miguel receives medical attention and gets stretchered off after a collision with FC Andorra’s Jesus Owono during the Spanish La Liga 2 match at Estadio Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez in Santa Cruz de Tenerife on November 2, 2026. —Reuters Spanish police sources told AFP an investigation into what happened has been opened, under judicial supervision. The incident happened towards the end of the match at the Heliodoro Rodriguez Lopez Stadium, with the teams level at 2-2. Owono was sent off and the match was subsequently abandoned. Spanish media said that De Miguel suffered a cardiac arrest and was resuscitated. The player was taken to hospital and placed in intensive care, with Tenerife later saying that De Miguel’s condition had “worsened neurologically”, before his death. “I am so deeply sorry. Rest in peace, Jesus,” former Barcelona defender Gerard Pique, Andorra’s majority shareholder, wrote on social media. Andorra also sent their “most sincere condolences” to De Miguel’s family, team-mates and Tenerife.…