UKRAINIAN defender Oleh Danchenko’s heart stopped in training before miraculously being resuscitated.
The 28-year-old, on loan at Zorya Luhansk from AEK Athens, was at a training camp in Turkey when the horrific incident occurred.
Danchenko, who has played in the Champions League for Shakhtar Donetsk, collapsed to the ground and suffered a cardiac arrest as medical staff rushed to his aid.
According to Skai, the staff of an Austrian team at the scene had a defibrillator on hand to use on Danchenko.
But for some time it did not appear to be working as he laid “dead” without a pulse.
Eventually he was resuscitated and taken to an intensive care unit by ambulance.
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A club statement from Shakhtar on social media read: “We wish Oleh Danchenko a speedy recovery 🙏.
“Former player of Shakhtar have experienced clinical death at the training camp in Turkey.
“Stay strong, we are with you 🧡”.
Danchenko’s horrific health scare comes just one year after his wife Viktoria died in a car crash at the age of 27.
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Oleh was in the car with her when their Kia Cerato collided with a truck and a highway crash barrier.
Viktoria tragically passed away at the scene.
The couple met on a train in 2017 and went on to marry three years later.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
