{"id":21298,"date":"2026-01-22T13:44:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/nasser-bassems-cause-of-death-27-year-old-soccer-player-dies-during-a-match-in-portugal\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:44:30","slug":"nasser-bassems-cause-of-death-27-year-old-soccer-player-dies-during-a-match-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/nasser-bassems-cause-of-death-27-year-old-soccer-player-dies-during-a-match-in-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Nasser Bassem&#8217;s cause of death: 27-year-old soccer player dies during a match in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Nasr Bassem (27), a soccer player from Moncalara Patciense, died during the match against Immortals in the quarter-finals of the Algarve Football Association Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper A Bora reported that the defender suffered a cardiac arrest at the Estadio Municipal de Olh\u00e3o, losing consciousness and collapsing 27 minutes into the match (the match was not restarted).<\/p>\n<p>Nasr Bassem was treated by INEM (National Institute of Emergency Medicine) paramedics who arrived about 18 minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>When he arrived at Faro Hospital, they could only confirm his death.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--image ue-c-article--media-icon-m-from-tablet\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-img-container ue-l-article--expand-edge-right-until-tablet ue-l-article--expand-edge-left-until-tablet\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ue-c-article__image\" src=\"https:\/\/e01-us-marca.uecdn.es\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2026\/01\/22\/17690814298466.jpg\" alt=\"Nasser Bassem's cause of death: 27-year-old soccer player dies during a match in Portugal\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">The player said he felt sick and collapsed near Immortal&#8217;s bench.<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;The player said that he felt unwell near the Immortal bench and collapsed. He was immediately rescued by our medical team (doctors and physiotherapists), resuscitative measures were carried out and a defibrillator provided at the stadium was used. Then the INEM team and an ambulance arrived,&#8221; Jo\u00e3o Andre, vice-president of Moncalapacense, said in the Record. An autopsy is expected to be performed within the next few days.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ue-c-article__media ue-c-article__media--image ue-c-article--media-icon-m-from-tablet\">\n<div class=\"ue-c-article__media-img-container ue-l-article--expand-edge-right-until-tablet ue-l-article--expand-edge-left-until-tablet\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ue-c-article__image\" src=\"https:\/\/e01-us-marca.uecdn.es\/assets\/multimedia\/imagenes\/2026\/01\/22\/17690814303039.jpg\" alt=\"Nasser Bassem's cause of death: 27-year-old soccer player dies during a match in Portugal\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Nasr Bassem&#8217;s soccer career<\/h2>\n<p>Nasr Bassem played in the youth teams of Recrio de Agueda, Sporting, Gafa\u00f1a, Acad\u00e9mica, Sporting de Braga and Reychoes, and played senior football for Matosinhos, Vista Alegre, Maritimo, Oliveira do Hospital, Camacha and Moncarapacciense.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/en\/football\/2026\/01\/22\/69720abe46163faf0e8b4591.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nasr Bassem (27), a soccer player from Moncalara Patciense, died during the match against Immortals in the quarter-finals of the Algarve Football Association Cup. The newspaper A Bora reported that the defender suffered a cardiac arrest at the Estadio Municipal de Olh\u00e3o, losing consciousness and collapsing 27 minutes into the match (the match was not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Nasser Bassem&#039;s cause of death: 27-year-old soccer player dies during a match in Portugal - EPL VIP \u2013 Latest English Premier League News &amp; Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/eplvip.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/22\/nasser-bassems-cause-of-death-27-year-old-soccer-player-dies-during-a-match-in-portugal\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nasser Bassem&#039;s cause of death: 27-year-old soccer player dies during a match in Portugal - EPL VIP \u2013 Latest English Premier League News &amp; Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Nasr Bassem (27), a soccer player from Moncalara Patciense, died during the match against Immortals in the quarter-finals of the Algarve Football Association Cup. 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