It was a situation of strong drama that occurred last Sunday at Stadium One, in the match on date 11 between Students of La Plata y Boca for the Professional League Cup, when Javier Altamirano He was left lying on the playing field, supported by two teammates while he was convulsing. Two days after the event, the La Plata club issued a new statement on Tuesday night regarding the health of the Chilean midfielder.
To remember, 27 minutes of the first half were played, with the game tied without goals. After an offensive action by the local, Altamirano could be seen lying on the floor, helped by Enzo Pérez and Santiago Ascacibar. In the first images provided by the transmission, it was noted that the footballer was moving as if he were convulsing, to the desperation of everyone who was on the playing field.
“Javier Altamirano continues under intensive care,” the club announced through its social networks. “He is stable, alert, calm, with normal parameters according to his pathology and the medication treatment he receives,” the puncharrata entity extends the information.
Although there are still no date options for the midfielder’s sanatorium discharge, some of the information offers encouraging signs: “Calm, with normal parameters.” Intensive care is logical after the desperate experience when the ambulance was quickly requested to enter the playing field.
There were moments of desperation and the match, stopped by referee Fernando Echenique for long minutes, was finally suspended after a joint decision by the teams, taking the thoughts of the Estudiantes players as a priority. The first thing that was known from the La Plata team’s medical staff when the report arrived from the hospital less than 500 meters from the stadium was that the footballer was well, controlled, and it was anticipated that the studies would continue on Monday to complement.
Three hours later, the Estudiantes team doctor, Hugo Montenegro, gave reassurance and assured that tumor problems had been ruled out. On Monday, the club reported that he had suffered “a thrombosis in the brain”, which made it clear that the player will face a long inactivity.
“The player Javier Altamirano suffered a convulsive episode. He is in hospital under observation and to complete studies. A CT scan was performed, which showed no obvious pathological images. He is stable. Due to this situation, the match, stopped 27 minutes into the first half, was suspended by the referee authorities,” the La Plata club initially wrote from the social network X (ex Twitter). By then, nervousness had also invaded the player’s wife, who is pregnant and was on the court. This Tuesday, From Chile, Dania, the player’s mother, managed to travel to accompany them at this time.
Altamirano, from 24 years, spent his entire career at Huachipato before landing at Estudiantes, which bought 50 percent of his pass for almost a million dollars. He was born in Talcahuano, a city in central Chile and south of Santiago, the capital. In Huachipato, the city club, He debuted in 2017, when he was only 17 years old.and in a handful of months he managed to earn ownership. In that club he played 162 games and scored 16 goals, in addition to giving 10 assists.
His good performance led him to the Chilean national team and in 2023 he was called up for the first time by Eduardo Berizzo who called him for the FIFA date in June and made him debut in a friendly against Cuba, as a starter: he played 72 minutes. In August, Estudiantes focused on keeping the Chilean and won the fight against Colo Colo and the University of Chile and agreed to a contract with the footballer until June 2026.
His start in the La Plata team was not easy, because injuries complicated his first months in Estudiantes: first he suffered a tear and missed the first matches of the 2023 LPF Cup and was barely able to participate in dates 5, 6 and 7, but In the classic against Gimnasia he was injured again and was inactive there for almost two months. These ailments also left him out of consideration to be part of Chile’s squads. Back in rhythm, he had once again been taken into account for the Chileans’ next friendlies.
The beginning of 2024 was different sportingly for Altamirano. After a good preseason, he achieved optimal physical condition and convinced coach Eduardo Domínguez, who gave him a place in the starting lineup: he was from the start in 10 of the 11 dates of the Professional League Cup and, in addition , was part of the starting lineup in the Argentine Super Cup against River.
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