Teammates try to revive Benfica’s Hungarian striker Miklos Feher at Guimaraes Stadium on Sunday. Feher died after collapsing during the Portuguese League match against Vitoria Guimaraes. (Reuters)

Benfica striker Miklos Feher, who died of an apparent heart attack during a Portuguese league match on Sunday night, was the second international to die on the pitch in seven months. When the 24-year-old Hungarian collapsed to the rain-sodden pitch in injury-time of a televised match at Vitoria Guimaraes, it immediately brought back memories of Cameroonian Marc-Vivien Foe’s death in Lyon last year.

Following are some of the tragedies:

l Marc-Vivien Foe (Cameroon), 2003 — The 28-year-old fell to the ground unchallenged near the centre circle after 75 minutes of the Confederations Cup semi-final against Colombia on June 26 last. Despite the immediate attention of medical staff, he was pronounced dead 45 minutes later. An autopsy in July said he had died of a heart problem.

l Marcio Dos Santos (Brazil), 2002 — The 28-year-old striker died of a heart attack just hours after scoring a goal for Peruvian side Deportivo Wanka.

l Geovanny Cordoba and Hermann Gaviria (Colombia), 2002 — The duo, of which the latter was a former international, died after being struck during a training session. A third player was struck by lightning and died after a match in Ukraine the previous July.

l Stefan Vrabioru (Romania), 2000 — The 26-year-old Astra Ploiesti player died on the way to hospital following a fall just minutes after being brought on for his first division debut against Rapid Bucharest.

l Sanjib Dutta (India), 1993 — The 27-year-old Railways midfielder died after an on-field collision in the Santosh Trophy match against Andhra Pradesh in Kannur on February 14.

l Dave Longhurst (Britain), 1990 — The 25-year-old York City striker collapsed in a league match against Lincoln City and passed away. An inquest revealed he had suffered from a rare heart condition.

l Samuel Okwaraji (Nigeria), 1989 — Collapsed 10 minutes from the end of a World Cup qualifier against Angola in Lagos and died from cardiac failure. An autopsy found the 24-year-old had an enlarged heart and high blood pressure.

l Oliver Petit (France), 1987 — The 20-year-old brother of French international midfielder Emmanuel Oliver died during a match playing for amateur club Arques.

l Erik Jongbloed (Netherlands), 1984 — The DWS goalkeeper was killed by lightning during a match in front of his father, the former national team goalie Jan Jongbloed.

l Fernando Pascoal das Neves (Portugal), 1973 — The Porto player collapsed and died during a league match — in the 13th minute of the 13th game of the season.

l Constantin Tabarcea (Romania), 1963 — The 26-year-old Petrolul Ploiesti player died after collapsing during a first division match.

l John Thompson (Scotland), 1931 — The 23-year-old Celtic and Scotland goalkeeper dived at the feet of Rangers forward Sam English in Glasgow and suffered a fractured skull. He died later in hospital without regaining consciousness.

n Note — One of the most infamous soccer deaths of recent years did not happen on the pitch, but as a direct result of what happened on it. Andres Escobar (Colombia, 1994) scored an own goal in Colombia’s 1-2 defeat to the US in the 1994 World Cup finals and was murdered soon after returning home to Colombia by a hitman. (Agencies)