Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel, 30, dies a day after a goalkeeper's knee struck his chest during a Spanish match
Jesús de Miguel and Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono clash near the halfway line; De Miguel's condition worsened overnight after the collision, and Tenerife confirmed his death at 8am on Tuesday.Jesús de Miguel motionless on the pitch after the collision that triggered cardiac arrest in the ambulance, from which paramedics revived him before he reached hospital.
CD Tenerife announced that Jesús de Miguel Alameda died at 8:00 a.m. on Tuesday at Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria University Hospital, after his neurological condition deteriorated overnight. The incident happened when FC Andorra goalkeeper Jesus Owono rushed off his line to deal with a long ball, driving his knee into De Miguel's chest near the halfway line and leaving the striker motionless on the field. De Miguel suffered cardiac arrest in the ambulance; paramedics revived him before he arrived at hospital, where he was placed in intensive care.
Owono was shown a straight red card before the match — level at 2-2 and stopped seven minutes into stoppage time — was abandoned altogether.
Tenerife said: 'There are no words of comfort; there is absolutely nothing that can lessen this overwhelming sadness.'
De Miguel, who joined Tenerife from Castellón in 2026, broke into professional football in 2015 with Leganés B and went on to represent eight clubs in his career.
