Bucharest: Cameroon international Patrick Ekeng has died after collapsing on the pitch playing a first division match on Friday with his Romanian side Dinamo Bucharest.
<img title="Patrick Ekeng" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/may/08-Patrick.jpg" alt="Patrick Ekeng" /> Patrick&nbsp;Ekeng
The 26-year-old midfielder fell to the ground without any contact with another player in the 70th minute of the game against Viitorul, just seven minutes after coming on as a substitute.
<img title="Member of the medical staff tries to revive Cameroon&rsquo;s Patrick Ekeng as he lies on the pitch after collapsing during a football match in Bucharest, Romania on Friday. pic/AFP" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/may/08-Member.jpg" alt="Member of the medical staff tries to revive Cameroon&rsquo;s Patrick Ekeng as he lies on the pitch after collapsing during a football match in Bucharest, Romania on Friday. pic/AFP" /> Member of the medical staff tries to revive Cameroon&rsquo;s Patrick Ekeng as he lies on the pitch after collapsing during a football match in Bucharest, Romania on Friday. pic/AFP
Ekeng, who joined the Romanian club in January, was rushed to hospital where the staff were unable to resuscitate him. &ldquo;Resuscitation attempts were made for an hour and half without success,&rdquo; Dinamo team doctor Liviu Batineanu told journalists. Fans of the Bucharest club gathered outside the hospital late into the night to express their grief at the player&rsquo;s death.
Club executive director Ionel Danciulescu expressed his shock after a death, which recalled that of another club player Catalin Haldan who died playing a friendly in October 2000.
&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t believe it. It&rsquo;s a nightmare. For me, for the team and for all Dinamo supporters. It&rsquo;s too much,&rdquo; said Danciulescu. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s as if we are cursed.&rdquo;

Cameroon international Patrick Ekeng has died after collapsing on the pitch playing a first division match on Friday with his Romanian side Dinamo Bucharest.

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