Rio de Janeiro: A 26-year-old footballer named Bernardo Ribeiro took ill and died following a match in Brazil, the Friburguense club said on Sunday.

Ribeiro, a Friburguense player who was on vacation, participated in an amateur match on Saturday in Recreio, a city in Minas Gerais state, and had to be replaced by a substitute when he started feeling ill in the first half, the club said in a statement.