22-Year-Old Serie A Star Edoardo Bove Receives Defibrillator Following On-Field Cardiac Emergency

According to multiple Italian media reports on Tuesday, Edoardo Bove has undergone a procedure to have a defibrillator implanted following his cardiac arrest on the pitch earlier this month. Sky Sport and Gazzetta Dello Sport have reported that the surgery took place at Careggi hospital in Florence, where Bove has been receiving care since collapsing during Fiorentina's match against Inter Milan on December 1. The game was halted and eventually postponed as Bove was taken to the ICU, where doctors were able to quickly rule out any serious damage to his central nervous system and cardio-respiratory functions.

Bove has been awake and undergoing tests in hospital for just over a week and is reportedly set to be discharged in the coming days after his operation.

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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