22-Year-Old Serie A Star Edoardo Bove Receives Lifesaving Defibrillator Implant Following On-Field Cardiac Arrest

Bove has been awake and undergoing tests in the hospital for slightly more than a week. According to reports, he is expected to be discharged in the next few days following his surgery.

Contacted by AFP, Fiorentina refused to comment on the reports, but if confirmed the installation of a defibrillator would mean Bove's football career in Italy is at risk due to stringent health regulations which govern sport in the country.

Christian Eriksen had to leave Inter Milan in 2021 in the wake of his cardiac arrest and collapse while playing for Denmark at that year's European Championship.

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Eriksen was banned from playing in Italian football after having an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator, or ICD, fitted but now plays for Manchester United and still represents his country.

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