Tenerife striker Jesús de Miguel dies after the brutal collision with the Andorra goalkeeper and the Police open an investigation

Tenerife forward Jesús de Miguel, 30, died this Tuesday in the ICU of the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria University Hospital, where he was admitted after the collision he suffered yesterday with the Andorra goalkeeper. "Broken with pain, with a lump in my throat and unable to believe that this is true, from CD Tenerife we ​​announce the tragic death, this Tuesday, November 3, 2026, at 8:00 a.m., of Jesús de Miguel Alameda. There are no words of consolation; there is absolutely nothing that mitigates this feeling full of sadness," CD Tenerife reported in a statement.

The National Police, through the Homicide Group, has opened an investigation into the death of the footballer, which is already under judicial supervision. Sources from the Superior Court of Justice of the Canary Islands detail that any death that does not have a natural cause, whether by accident or for another reason, entails the ex officio opening of a judicial investigation, as in this case.

The chief prosecutor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, José Luis Sánchez-Jáuregui, sees it as "very difficult" for criminal proceedings to be opened for the death of footballer Jesús de Miguel, since the blow he received occurred in a game and we will have to wait for what the Sports Discipline Committee determines. In statements to EFE, Sánchez-Jáuregui has pointed out that a very old doctrine of the Supreme Court indicates that injuries in sports are not punishable except, obviously, if there has been an attack by one player on another at a time when the game is stopped. The prosecutor has specified that, in any case, one must first adhere to what is included in the arbitration report and, subsequently, to what is ruled by the Sports Disciplinary Committee.

"We are with his devastated family, with his loved ones, with all the people of Tenerife who cry today for this cruel outcome. The family of Jesús de Miguel appreciates each and every one of the signs of support received, and also requests, from the bottom of our hearts, maximum respect for his privacy, in these terrible moments," says the note published by Tenerife on social networks.

This morning the club had reported that De Miguel had suffered a worsening in his neurological condition after being urgently admitted to the Nuestra Señora de Candelaria University Hospital.

The accident took place this Monday in the final stretch of the match against FC Andorra played at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López stadium, when the Tenerife attacker suffered a strong blow from the visiting goalkeeper, Jesús Owono, who was sent off.

The action occurred when De Miguel ran from the center of the field for a ball to start a counterattack. To stop the attack, the Andorra goalkeeper left his area many meters, jumped towards De Miguel and hit him between the chest and head.

Jesús de Miguel was left unconscious on the grass, suffered cardiorespiratory arrest and managed to regain his pulse thanks to the cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) maneuvers performed by the health teams inside the ambulance in which he was removed from the field.

The crash forced the match to be permanently suspended in the 108th minute to facilitate the entry onto the pitch of the health services, who treated the footballer on the pitch before evacuating him by ambulance to the hospital.

De Miguel, born in Madrid 30 years ago, arrived at Tenerife in July 2025 and was one of the protagonists of the promotion to the Second Division last season.