Casillas suffers heart attack, taken to hospital - Radio Renascenca

Casillas suffers heart attack, taken to hospital - Radio Renascenca
FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League Quarter Final First Leg - Liverpool v FC Porto - Anfield, Liverpool, Britain - April 9, 2019 FC Porto's Iker Casillas during the warm up before the match Action Images via Reuters/Carl Recine/File Photo Copyright Carl Recine(Reuters)
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MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish soccer player Iker Casillas, 37, has suffered a heart attack and has been taken to hospital, the Portuguese radio station Renascenca reported on Wednesday, adding that the Porto player was out of danger.

Casillas, who made 167 appearances as goalkeeper for the Spanish national team, suffered the attack during a morning training session with his club and was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with myocardial infarction, the radio said.

(Reporting by Paul Day; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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