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May 15 2004, 11:04 PM
Benfica junior collapses after training
LISBON, May 15 (Reuters) - A Benfica junior player died on Saturday, the second player at the Lisbon side to collapse and die this year, a hospital spokesman said.
Bruno Baiao, 18, collapsed on Tuesday after a practice and as he received word by telephone that Benfica wanted to sign him to a professional contract.
Pedro Canas Mendes, service director at Lisbon's Curry Cabral hospital, told Reuters that Baiao had been in a coma after two cardio-respiratory stoppages.
Baiao, Benfica's junior captain, collapsed in a cafe about half an hour after practice ended on Tuesday.
Benfica's Hungarian playmaker Miklos Feher collapsed to the pitch during a premiership match against Vitoria Guimaraes in January and died. The cause of death has not been determined.
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LISBON, May 15 (Reuters) - A Benfica junior player died on Saturday, the second player at the Lisbon side to collapse and die this year, a hospital spokesman said.
Bruno Baiao, 18, collapsed on Tuesday after a practice and as he received word by telephone that Benfica wanted to sign him to a professional contract.
Pedro Canas Mendes, service director at Lisbon's Curry Cabral hospital, told Reuters that Baiao had been in a coma after two cardio-respiratory stoppages.
Baiao, Benfica's junior captain, collapsed in a cafe about half an hour after practice ended on Tuesday.
Benfica's Hungarian playmaker Miklos Feher collapsed to the pitch during a premiership match against Vitoria Guimaraes in January and died. The cause of death has not been determined.
:(
R.I.P.