Overview

• Guo Jiaxuan, a promising youth footballer, suffered a fatal head injury during a training match in Madrid last month.
• He was declared 'brain dead' in Spain before being transferred to Beijing, where he passed away on March 19, 2025, just before his 19th birthday.
• The specific circumstances of the incident remain unclear, prompting his family's accusations of withheld information by the Beijing Football Association.
• The Beijing Football Association has obtained match footage and is analyzing it to clarify the events leading to the injury.
• Guo, who played for Beijing Guoan's U-19 team and participated in the FC Bayern World Squad project, is being mourned widely in China.