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Denmark’s Christian Eriksen collapsed during his team’s international friendly against Ukraine on Sunday.
Eriksen, who has a history of collapsing on the pitch, did it again as help rushed out to meet him near midfield.
Fortunately, the Danish Football Union said in a statement that he was “conscious and doing well under the circumstances.” The 34-year-old’s incident led to the game being abandoned.
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Christian Eriksen of Denmark looks on during the UEFA international friendly match between DR Congo and Denmark at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in Liege, Belgium on June 3, 2026. (Ulrik Pedersen/NurPhoto)
Denmark were up 2-1 over Ukraine in the 61st minute at the time of Eriksen’s collapse.
Eriksen has previously played for Tottenham and Manchester United in the English Premier League. He currently plays for VfL Wolfsburg in the 2. Bundesliga.
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During the EC between Denmark and Finland in June 2021, the game was suspended after a terrifying scene where Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch in the first half of the match.
The game immediately came to a standstill at the Parken Stadion in Copenhagen, where Eriksen lay on the grass without reacting. CPR was needed to revive him as medical staff and teammates circled his body in obvious distress, hoping for the best.
Denmark and Ukraine players escort Christian Eriksen to an ambulance during a friendly match at Odense Stadium in Denmark on June 7, 2026, after he collapsed on the pitch. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images)
Eriksen received 10 minutes of medical attention and was later taken off the field on a stretcher with an oxygen mask over his mouth. Pictures began circulating on social media at the time of Eriksen being awake with a hand on his forehead.
Eriksen was later transferred to a hospital and was stabilized.
Since then, Eriksen has been fitted with a heart-starting device called an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
Denmark’s team doctor Morten Boesen issued a statement via multiple outlets, saying Eriksen’s “pacemaker is responding as it should.”
Christian Eriksen of Denmark looks on during a UEFA international friendly match between DR Congo and Denmark at Stade Maurice Dufrasne in Liege, Belgium on June 3, 2026. (Ulrik Pedersen/NurPhoto)
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“He was briefly unconscious, but regained consciousness very quickly, and we were quickly in contact with him,” Boesen’s statement read.
“He will not undergo further tests at the hospital to determine what caused the incident. We are in constant contact with him and the doctors at the hospital. But Christian is fine and he asked me to send my regards to all the players and let them know he is okay.”
