Ex-Bundesliga professional Bas Dost collapsed on the pitch

Striker regains consciousness

Former Bundesliga striker Bas Dost collapsed during the Eredivisie game between AZ Alkmaar and NEC Nijmegen and was treated on the pitch for minutes. The game on Sunday was then canceled. Dost, who plays for NEC, was conscious and carried off the pitch, his club said on Sunday evening. Images showed paramedics carrying a defibrillator onto the field, but it was not clear whether it was used.

Dost later spoke up himself: “I’m fine. The help I received on site was fantastic. I’m in the hospital now and doing well. Thank you for all the support,” the professional wrote via Nijmegen’s X-Profile and showed himself in a photo in the hospital bed with his thumbs up. The away game was canceled in the 90th minute, five minutes before the end, with the score 2-1 for Nijmegen. As the newspaper “De Gelderlander” reported, Dost (34) gave another thumbs up as he left the field on a stretcher to the applause of the spectators.

What exactly happened to Dost was initially unknown. He fell to the ground in the center circle shortly before the end of the official playing time. Players from both clubs stood around him protectively and shielded him with a cloth. Later in the cabin, Dost had already sat up on the stretcher when his father arrived and he called his wife to calm her down, De Gelderlander reported.

Both Eintracht Frankfurt and VfL Wolfsburg, Dost’s two former Bundesliga clubs, wished a full recovery via social media channels. How the game between Alkmaar and Nijmegen will be scored is still unclear.

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