Tenerife striker Jesús de Miguel dies after the brutal collision with the Andorra goalkeeper

CD Tenerife has announced the death of striker Jesús de Miguel Alameda, 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," says the club's statement.

"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."

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, he 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.