{"id":102530,"date":"2026-06-08T09:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/102530\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T09:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:53:12","slug":"christian-eriksen-health-update-after-former-spurs-star-collapses-in-denmark-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/102530\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Eriksen health update after former Spurs star collapses in Denmark friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Spurs star Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark’s friendly with Ukraine on Sunday\"Former<\/p>\n

Former Spurs midfielder Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark’s friendly with Ukraine.(Image: (Photo by Ulrik Pedersen\/NurPhoto via Getty Images))<\/p>\n

Christian Eriksen has reposted an update on his social media following his collapse on the pitch during Denmark’s friendly against Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Television footage captured the former Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur<\/a> midfielder clutching his chest on the turf in the 65th minute before cameras cut to a different angle.<\/p>\n

The fixture was suspended due to concerns surrounding the 34-year-old, and subsequently postponed with Denmark leading 2-1 at Nature Energy Park, after the player felt unwell and momentarily lost consciousness.<\/p>\n

During the 2020 European Championships, Eriksen went into cardiac arrest in the 1-0 loss to Finland. He subsequently underwent surgery to have an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator device fitted to enable him to continue his playing career.<\/p>\n

Eriksen<\/a> reshared quotes from the national team doctor, Morten Boesen, on his Instagram story, which read: “I spoke with Christian this morning, and he is doing well.<\/p>\n

“He is with his family and in good spirits. The expectation is that he will be discharged soon and can return home.<\/p>\n

“We are taking good care of the players and staff and remain in regular contact with them.”<\/p>\n

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Sunday’s incident prompted alarm, and the Danish Football Union issued an update after players from both sides gathered around the midfielder to shield him.<\/p>\n

“Christian Eriksen is conscious and doing well under the circumstances,” read a statement from the DFU. “The match has been called off.”<\/p>\n

Boesen, who was present with the national team during Eriksen’s collapse five years ago, confirmed that the midfielder would be taken to hospital for further tests.<\/p>\n

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Denmark’s and Ukraine’s players huddle on the pitch after Christian Eriksen collapsed(Image: (Bo Amstrup \/ AFP via Getty Images) \/ Denmark OUT)<\/p>\n

In a statement via the BDU, he said: “Christian is doing well and walked off the pitch by himself. As I see it, the pacemaker responded as it should.<\/p>\n

“He was briefly unconscious but regained consciousness very quickly and we were quickly in contact with him.<\/p>\n

“He will now undergo further examinations at the hospital to determine what caused the incident. We are in ongoing contact with him and the doctors at the hospital.<\/p>\n

“But Christian is doing well and he asked me to send his regards to all the players and tell them that he was okay.”<\/p>\n

Denmark manager Brian Riemer also provided an update following the match, saying: “Christian Eriksen waved to his team-mates as he left the pitch. A few minutes before he fell ill, he had had a tussle with Ruslan Malinovskyi and I thought that was why he looked so distressed, but I was wrong.<\/p>\n

“From that moment on, neither I nor the players on the pitch could have carried on with the match.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Spurs star Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark’s friendly with Ukraine on Sunday Former Spurs midfielder Christian Eriksen…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[27744,27,26,25716],"class_list":["post-102530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-denmark","tag-christian-eriksen","tag-danmark","tag-denmark","tag-spurs"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116713882110468246","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}