Tenerife striker Jesús de Miguel dies after match collision

CD Tenerife announced Tuesday that striker Jesús de Miguel Alameda, 30, had died after a collision with Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono during a Spanish second-division match the previous evening. The club said he died at 8 a.m. local time on November 3, 2026. The collision occurred late in the game at Tenerife’s Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López, with the teams tied 2-2. De Miguel was challenging for the ball when Owono came out of goal and struck him, according to match accounts. The referee sent off Owono, and the match was abandoned in stoppage time, reported as the 108th minute. Tenerife said De Miguel was taken to hospital and initially described his condition as stable, though serious. He was treated in intensive care at Hospital Universitario de Nuestra Señora de Candelaria in Santa Cruz. The club later reported that his neurological condition had worsened before announcing his death. Some reports attributed to Spanish media said De Miguel suffered cardiac arrest in the ambulance and was resuscitated. The club’s statements, as described in the reports, did not confirm those specific medical details. Reports also described injuries to his head and chest, but the club’s...