Overview
- Quévin Castro, 25, collapsed about ten minutes into a preseason friendly at Estádio das Seixas in Malveira on Saturday, August 22, 2026.
- Medical staff from both teams attempted on-pitch resuscitation, a defibrillator was used, and Portugal’s INEM paramedics took him to hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
- The friendly between Real Sport Clube and Estrela da Amadora was abandoned after the incident and both clubs issued statements expressing sorrow.
- Former club West Bromwich Albion and several English teams that Castro played for paid tribute, and West Brom will hold a 25th-minute applause and wear black armbands.
- No official cause of the collapse has been released and authorities say further medical details are pending, a development that has reopened discussion about screening and emergency care in lower-league football.