Qatar: Benitez died of heart failure
The club released a statement Wednesday with the cause of death, but provided no further details.
DOHA, Qatar (AP) -Qatari club El Jaish says Ecuador striker Christian Benitez died of heart failure. The club released a statement Wednesday with the cause of death, but provided no further details. Benitez died Monday, the day after playing his first match for the club.
The finding comes a day after Ecuadorean football chief Luis Chiriboga said the player had been taken to a hospital with sharp stomach pains, developed peritonitis and died of cardiorespiratory arrest.
The club also says it plans to hold a ceremony before it sends Benitez's body to Ecuador on a private plane. A funeral was planned for Thursday in Quito and a tribute in the General Ruminahui coliseum.
