Greek footballer aged just 21 DIES after suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch at a stadium where there was NO defibrillator and the ambulance took 20 minutes to arrive

Greek footballer aged just 21 DIES after suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch at a stadium where there was NO defibrillator and the ambulance took 20 minutes to arrive

• Greek footballer collapsed five minutes into a third tier match on Wednesday 
• The player could not be revived by club staff and there was no defibrillator 
• Incident comes after a series of  high-profile collapses among footballers
• Christian Eriksen collapsed from a sudden cardiac arrest at Euro 2020, but was saved with attention of doctors and is set to return to game with Brentford

A Greek footballer has died after suffering a cardiac arrest on the pitch during a game where there was no defibrillator or ambulance at the stadium.

The player, aged 21, was playing for a Greek third tier team, Ilioupoli, when tragedy struck five minutes into the game.