Cristian Neamţu
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Cristian Neamţuwas a Romanian football
player.
Neamtu was the reserve goalkeeper of the Romanian First Division club FC Universitatea Craiova
and was considered one of the country's most promising young keepers.
The goalkeeper was pronounced dead after suffering a massive brain haemorrhage during a training session in Cyprus. The Craiova squad, had been training in Larnaca
, Cyprus
, ahead of the restart of the Romanian league programme.
Neamtu had been on a life-support machine at a Nicosia
hospital after clashing violently with team-mate Marius Şuleap as he rushed out of his goal to clear from the midfielder. Suleap's knee accidentally struck the keeper's head, knocking him out.
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
player.
Neamtu was the reserve goalkeeper of the Romanian First Division club FC Universitatea Craiova
FC Universitatea Craiova
Fotbal Club Universitatea Craiova is a Romanian professional football club from Craiova. They became the first Romanian football team to reach the semi-finals of a European tournament, during the UEFA Cup in 1982–83...
and was considered one of the country's most promising young keepers.
The goalkeeper was pronounced dead after suffering a massive brain haemorrhage during a training session in Cyprus. The Craiova squad, had been training in Larnaca
Larnaca
Larnaca, is the third largest city on the southern coast of Cyprus after Nicosia and Limassol. It has a population of 72,000 and is the island's second largest commercial port and an important tourist resort...
, Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...
, ahead of the restart of the Romanian league programme.
Neamtu had been on a life-support machine at a Nicosia
Nicosia
Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...
hospital after clashing violently with team-mate Marius Şuleap as he rushed out of his goal to clear from the midfielder. Suleap's knee accidentally struck the keeper's head, knocking him out.