Terrifying moment footballer suffers seizure during match and is rushed to hospital as pregnant wife watches in horror

FOOTBALLER Javier Altamirano suffered a seizure on the pitch during Estudiantes de La Plata’s match with Boca Juniors.

Altamirano collapsed just before the half hour mark and the match was forced to be abandoned.

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Javier Altamirano suffered a seizure on the pitch during Estudiantes’ match with Boca Juniors[/caption]

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An ambulance arrived on the field[/caption]

The player was rushed to hospital – with team-mates left in tears – but Altamirano “is fine” as stated by the club’s medical team.

Hugo Montenegro, the head of the Estudiantes’ medical team, determined that Altamirano suffered a seizure.

He was then urgently transferred to the Platense Medical Institute.

Altamirano collapsed off the ball and referee Fernando Echenique was alerted to the situation by his team-mates.

An ambulance immediately arrived on the field and took Altamirano to a nearby clinic. 

After consulting with Estudiantes captain Jose Sosa, the match was suspended.

Altamirano’s manager Eduardo Dominguez spoke out on the incident and revealed the midfielder’s pregnant wife watched on in horror.

Dominguez said: “There are many things more important than a football game. “Life comes before any situation.

“It was very difficult to continue, I entered the locker room and the players were crying… Altamirano’s wife, pregnant, was in the stalls, now she is with him.”

Estudiantes put out a club statement to confirm Altamirano’s positive health update.

It read: “He is in hospital under observation and to complete studies. A CT scan was performed, which showed no obvious pathological images.

“He is stable. Due to this situation, the match, stopped 27 minutes into the first half, was suspended by the referee authorities.”