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LISBON: Veteran goalkeeper Iker Casillas remained stable at the hospital after a heart attack at the training, his Porto club announced on Wednesday (May 1st).
The 37-year-old, who has 167 caps in Spain and has played more than 500 games for Real Madrid, suffered what the Portuguese club called an "acute myocardial infarction" at the time. training on wednesday.
The club's Wednesday afternoon statement said that "the training session was interrupted to provide badistance," adding that Casillas was in a hospital in Porto "well, stable and his heart problem was resolved" .
Portuguese media reported that Casillas had been operated on and his season was over.
Porto is second in the Portuguese league, two points behind leader Benfica, and will face Sporting Lisbon in the final of the Portuguese Cup on May 25.
The news has aroused the concern of fans, former teammates and club opponents.
"Courage, my friend, I hope you will recover quickly," said Cristiano Ronaldo, former Real teammate.
His teammate in Spain, Gerard Pique, tweeted: "Courage Iker, I will soon heal my friend!"
Former British striker Gary Lineker tweeted: "Wishing @IkerCasillas a full and quick recovery.One of the greatest."
Tennis star Rafael Nadal and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, both fans of Real Madrid, also sent their support.
"Real Madrid and its supporters want to see their eternal captain recover as soon as possible and send him all the support in the world," the club said.
LADEN TROPHY
Casillas joined Real before his 10th birthday and played 16 seasons with the first team before moving to Porto in 2015.
The former Spanish captain will be 38 years later in May and has recently extended his contract with Porto for next year with the option of an additional year.
In addition to his many national honors with Real and Porto, Casillas has won a World Cup, two European Championships and three Champions Leagues.
He said that Porto had told him that they wanted to keep him until he turned 40 years old.
Casillas joins a growing list of players who have suffered a heart attack.
The last deadly attack took place last week. Papy Faty, Burundian international, died after collapsing during a Swatiland (formerly Swaziland) league match, the Burundi Football Association said Friday.
The most publicized case is that of former captain of Fiorentina Davide Astori, who died of a heart attack while sleeping before a Serie A match with Udinese in March 2018.
Casillas and his partner, the Spanish journalist Sara Carbonero, have two sons: Martin (5 years old) and Lucas (2 years old).
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