25-Year-Old Guatemalan Soccer Star Dies After Suffering Cardiac Arrest in Training

25-Year-Old Guatemalan Soccer Star Dies After Suffering Cardiac Arrest in Training
An ambulance is pictured in this file photo taken in San Jose Pinula, east of Guatemala City, on March 20, 2017. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images
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Guatemalan soccer player, Marcos Menaldo, has died after suffering from a heart attack during a training session on Jan. 3 in preparation for the new season, according to reports.

The 25-year-old central defender, who plays with Club Deportivo Marquense based in the Guatemalan city of San Marcos, collapsed during practice and was rushed to a hospital after receiving emergency CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) at the scene of the incident.

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