Overview
- Quévin Castro collapsed about ten minutes into a preseason friendly between Real Sport Clube and Estrela da Amadora on Saturday and was taken to hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
- Team medics performed immediate CPR and used a defibrillator on the pitch before Castro was transferred to hospital, but emergency treatment did not save him.
- Both Estrela da Amadora and Castro’s club Real Sport Clube issued statements confirming his death and expressing condolences to his family and teammates.
- Castro was 25 and had trained as a youth at Arsenal and Chelsea before signing a professional contract with West Brom in 2021 and playing for several lower‑league English clubs prior to returning to Portugal this summer.
- No official cause of death has been released and medical or investigative updates are expected, while teammates, former clubs and fans in England and Portugal have reacted with shock and mourning.