The picture exhibits Guo Jiaxuan. — X@iMiaSanMia/File
BEIJING: A promising Chinese language youth footballer has died after struggling a severe head harm throughout coaching in Spain, native media mentioned Thursday.
Guo Jiaxuan fell right into a coma final month after an accident throughout a coaching match between Beijing males’s U-20 staff and Spanish facet RC Alcobendas in Madrid.
He was declared “brain dead” by an area hospital earlier than being transferred to China for additional care.
However in accordance with a number of home media reviews, Guo handed away on Wednesday night at Beijing Tiantan Hospital after his situation deteriorated.
Guo, who had performed for the U-19 staff of top-tier Beijing Guoan and was chosen for China´s U-17 staff in 2023, died a day in need of his nineteenth birthday.
He was additionally beforehand included within the FC Bayern World Squad, an annual challenge run by Germany’s largest membership to unearth world expertise.
On social media, Guo’s brother posted a black-and-white picture of the younger defender with the caption: “He’ll forever be frozen on the last day of his 18th year”.
Final month, he wrote that Guo’s situation confirmed “no improvement” and the household was “gradually accepting reality”.
The precise circumstances that led to Guo’s harm stay unclear. His household have demanded video footage of the match, particulars on Guo’s medical remedy earlier than he reached hospital and details about his insurance coverage.
On Tuesday, Guo’s brother wrote on social media that the household “just want the truth and justice”.
In a press release on February 13, the Beijing Soccer Affiliation mentioned they have been “deeply saddened” by the incident and would “make every effort to carry out follow-up work”.
