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19-Year-Old Spanish Goalkeeper Declared Brain Dead After Match Collision

Cantabria declared three days of mourning in response to the tragedy.

Overview

  • The regional football federation said the player's family chose to donate his organs.
  • Raúl Ramírez, 19, played for fifth-tier Club Deportivo Colindres and was injured Saturday during an away match at SD Revilla, which was abandoned with the hosts leading 1–0.
  • He was treated in the intensive care unit at University Hospital Valdecilla in Santander, where doctors were unable to save him.
  • Medical staff reported a severe traumatic brain injury and multiple cardiac arrests following the collision.
  • Regional leaders, including President María José Sáenz de Buruaga, offered condolences, and media reports indicated no participant was at fault.