Jesús de Miguel Alameda, a 30-year-old striker for CD Tenerife in Spain’s second division, has died after a collision with the opposing goalkeeper during a league match on Monday, November 2, 2026, the club has confirmed. The match, against FC Andorra at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, was level at 2–2 deep in stoppage time when Andorra goalkeeper Jesús Owono rushed out of his area to clear a long ball and collided with De Miguel, striking him in the chest with his knee.

Owono was shown a straight red card, and the match was abandoned. De Miguel collapsed on the pitch and suffered a cardiac arrest. Medical staff treated him on the field, and he was resuscitated and taken by ambulance to the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The club said he was admitted to intensive care unconscious, in stable but serious condition.

Overnight, Tenerife reported that his neurological condition had worsened. On Tuesday morning, November 3, the club announced that De Miguel had died at 8:00 a.m. local time. FC Andorra expressed its condolences. Reporting in Spain has described the collision as accidental — two players contesting a loose ball at full speed. Beyond the reported cardiac arrest, an official cause of death has not been confirmed, and nothing in this post assigns blame to any player.

A red card is a sporting sanction — not a legal finding

A death on the field understandably raises a legal question: when a player is killed by a play in a game, does the law treat it the way it would treat the same act anywhere else? In Florida — and in American law generally — the answer starts with a principle every athlete accepts by stepping onto the field: participants in a sport assume the risks that are inherent in that sport. Contact, collisions, and hard challenges within the rules and customs of the game are part of what a player agrees to by playing.

That is why a foul — even a serious foul that draws a straight red card — is normally a matter for the sport’s own discipline, not for a courtroom. A red card is decided in minutes, on the field, under the rules of the game. Legal responsibility is a separate question, decided slowly, on evidence, and it generally requires conduct that goes truly outside the game: reckless or intentional harm beyond the sport’s inherent risks, not a hard play for a loose ball.

Families of athletes lost in competition do sometimes ask lawyers to review what happened, and every case turns on its own facts — the rules and customs of the sport, the nature of the act, and the evidence. But the starting point under Florida law is that the risks of the game belong to the game. Nothing here predicts how Spanish authorities or courts would view this incident, which is governed by Spanish law, not Florida law.

Our condolences go to Jesús de Miguel’s family, his teammates, and everyone at CD Tenerife and FC Andorra. We will update this post only with facts confirmed by the clubs or other officials.

This article is general information about Florida law, not legal advice for a specific case, and it is not directed at the family of Jesús de Miguel. Tacher Law offers a free consultation on injury and wrongful-death matters. Call +1 (305) 644-2211.

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