Rest In Peace, Antonio Puerta (Seville)

Puerta lost consciousness and fell near his own goal Saturday in the 31st minute, but was able to walk off minutes later after being treated by team doctors. But doctors said he had a heart attack in the locker-room, and at least one more in the emergency room of the Seville hospital where he was taken.

"The Professional Football League wishes to pass on its most sincere condolences to the family of Antonio Puerta," the league said in a statement. "It has also declared the next day of league play to be one of official mourning and asked all its affiliated teams to observe a minute's silence before the games."

Fifa's chief medical officer, Professor Jiri Dvorak, yesterday called
for mandatory, regular heart screenings across the football world in the wake of the death of Antonio Puerta
after he suffered a heart attack during Sevilla's Primera Liga game
with Getafe last Saturday, and the heart attack suffered by on-loan
Leicester City defender Clive Clarke on Tuesday night.

Footballers who have died from heart ailments

Antonio Puerta
The Sevilla midfielder died on Tuesday aged 22, three days after collapsing during a Primera Liga match against Getafe.

Hugo Cunha
In Portugal, the Uniao Leiria midfielder collapsed and died during a game with friends in June 2005. He was 28.

Serginho
The
Sao Caetano defender died aged 30 after suffering a cardio-respiratory
arrest during a Brazilian championship match at Sao Paulo in October
2004.

Miklos Feher
In January 2004, the
24-year-old Hungarian international died after collapsing from a heart
attack in a game between his club Benfica and Vitoria Guimaraes.

Max Ferreira
The 20-year-old Brazilian died in hospital in July 2003 after feeling unwell while training for Botafogo Ribeirao Preto.

Marc-Vivien Foe
Collapsed during Cameroon's game against Colombia in June 2003 and died shortly afterwards, aged 28.

Marcio Dos Santos
In October 2002, the Brazilian died of a heart attack just hours after scoring for Peruvian side Deportivo Wanka. He was 28.

Dave Longhurst

The York City striker died aged 25 after collapsing two minutes before
half-time in a league match against Lincoln City in September1990. He
had suffered from a rare heart condition.

Samuel Okwaraji
Collapsed in August 1989, near the end of Nigeria's World Cup qualifier against Angola. Died from cardiac failure. He was 24.