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title: "Danish soccer player Eriksen collapses during match with Ukraine"
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# Danish soccer player Eriksen collapses during match with Ukraine

> COPENHAGEN, June 7 (Reuters) - Danish soccer player Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch in a match against Ukraine on Sunday, but was conscious, the Danish Football Federation said in a social media post.

By Reuters · Published 7 June 2026, 23:14 SAST

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“Christian Eriksen is conscious and is doing well under the circumstances,” the federation said in a statement on X, adding that the friendly had been called off.

In 2021, Eriksen collapsed during a European championship match in Copenhagen and was given life-saving CPR treatment. He was later fitted with a special heart-starting device known as an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD).

Neither Denmark nor Ukraine qualified for this year’s World Cup.

(Reporting by Stine Jacobsen; Writing by Terje Solsvik; Editing by Edmund Klamann)