{"id":22537,"date":"2026-06-09T03:33:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T03:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/danish-soccer-player-christian-eriksen-speaks-out-after-collapsing-on-the-field-for-the-2nd-time-e-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T03:33:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T03:33:17","slug":"danish-soccer-player-christian-eriksen-speaks-out-after-collapsing-on-the-field-for-the-2nd-time-e-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/09\/danish-soccer-player-christian-eriksen-speaks-out-after-collapsing-on-the-field-for-the-2nd-time-e-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish Soccer Player Christian Eriksen Speaks Out After Collapsing On the Field For the 2nd Time – E! News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Danish soccer star Christian Eriksen assured fans he's on the mend after collapsing during a June 7 match. The incident comes five years after experienced a cardiac arrest during a soccer game.
Christian Eriksen<\/strong> is focusing on his recovery.<\/span>
One day after the Danish soccer star collapsed on the field during a friendly match<\/span> <\/span>ahead of the World Cup <\/span>between Denmark and Ukraine, he is reassuring fans that he is doing well<\/span>. The terrifying moment came five years after he collapsed <\/span>during the Euro 2020 match<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>which resulted in him receiving an <\/span>implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), a type of pacemaker.<\/span>
\u201cI want to let everyone know that I am doing well and that I am home with my family,\u201d Eriksen posted to <\/span>Instagram<\/span><\/a> June 8. \u201cAs you can probably imagine, receiving a shock from my ICD has had a major impact on both me and my family, but I want to reassure everyone that this was a different situation from what happened in 2021. I am feeling good, and my recovery has already started.\u201d<\/span>
\u201cI am also incredibly grateful to the doctors who have cared for me and my heart over the years,\u201d <\/span>the 34-year-old <\/span>added. \u201cThanks to their expertise, my ICD did exactly what it was designed to do: protect me when I needed it.\u201d<\/span>
For now, Eriksen\u2014who shares a son and daughter with his partner <\/span>Sabrina<\/strong> <\/span>Kvist<\/strong> <\/span>Jensen<\/strong>\u2014<\/span>will <\/span>keep his focus \u201con recovering, spending time with my family, going on vacation, and playing football with my children.\u201d<\/span>
Eriksen\u2019s medical emergency stopped the Denmark and Ukraine game in Odense, Denmark on June 7 at the 65-minute<\/span> <\/span>mark. He was seen clutching his chest before collapsing on the pitch. <\/span>Denmark and Ukraine players immediately surrounded him as he was being treated while the crowd began to chant, "Eriksen, Eriksen.\u201d He was ultimately able to walk off the field after receiving medical attention. The game was subsequently canceled.<\/span>
The incident comes almost five years after the VfL Wolfsburg player suffered a cardiac arrest and had to be <\/span>resuscitated on the pitch in June 2021<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>
According to Denmark\u2019s team doctor <\/span>Morten Boesen<\/strong>, Eriksen was briefly \u201cgone\u201d before being resuscitated.<\/span>
\u201cWe did cardiac resuscitation. It was a cardiac arrest," Boesen <\/span>shared during a press conference<\/span><\/a> at the time. "We got him back after one defibrillator, so that's quite fast. I'm not a cardiologist, so the details I will leave to the experts at the hospital."<\/span>
The midfielder was then fitted with his ICD that allowed him to continue his soccer career.<\/span>
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