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Goalkeeper dies after collision in Indonesian league match

JAKARTA - Indonesian football was in mourning on Monday (Oct 16) after celebrated goalkeeper Choirul Huda died following an on-pitch collision with a team-mate at the Surajaya Stadium in Sidorejo, East Java.

Indonesian League team Persela Football paid tribute to goalkeeper Choirul Huda on their Facebook page on Oct 15, the same day the veteran player died after a collison with a team-mate during their league match against Semen Padang. Photo courtesy of Persela Football Facebook page.

Indonesian League team Persela Football paid tribute to goalkeeper Choirul Huda on their Facebook page on Oct 15, the same day the veteran player died after a collison with a team-mate during their league match against Semen Padang. Photo courtesy of Persela Football Facebook page.

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JAKARTA - Indonesian football was in mourning on Monday (Oct 16) after celebrated goalkeeper Choirul Huda died following an on-pitch collision with a team-mate at the Surajaya Stadium in Sidorejo, East Java.

Huda, 38, a long-time regular for his hometown club Persela in East Java, collapsed just before half-time after Sunday’s accidental clash with Brazilian midfielder Ramon Rodrigues during the match against Semen Padang.

Video footage showed the father-of-two clutching his face and chest in pain before he was rushed away on a stretcher and taken to hospital. Doctors said he stopped breathing and suffered a heart attack.

“He received an emergency treatment for a few minutes in the hospital but he could not be saved. He died before 5:00 pm yesterday,” said Persela’s assistant coach Yuhronur Efendi.

Doctors said the medical team tried to revive the veteran goalkeeper, a former fringe player in the national set-up, for about an hour.

“Choirul Huda suffered from traumatic collision with a team-mate which caused him to stop breathing and have cardiac arrest,” Yudistiro Andri Nugroho, a doctor from Lamongan hospital, said in a statement.

Nugroho said Huda suffered possible neck and head trauma from the impact to his chest and lower jaw after he dived at the feet of on-rushing players and was caught by the legs of Rodrigues.

Persela paid tribute to Huda, who played for the team more than 500 times since his debut in the first division in 1999, calling him “The Real Legend” of the club in a post on Twitter.

Thousands of fans also took to social media in memory of Huda, who had been known to Persela supporters as “One Man, One Club, One Love”. AFP

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