Swedish Footballer Kristoffer Olsson Hospitalized with Unidentified Brain Disease: FC Midtjylland Statement Causes Worldwide Shock

Kristoffer Olsson, with the Arsenal and Sweden national team shirts.

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Swedish international footballer Kristoffer Olsson, victim of an unidentified brain disease, was hospitalized and is on assisted breathing.

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This was reported this Tuesday by his Danish club, FC Midtjylland (FCM), causing worldwide shock due to an atypical medical case.

“Kristoffer Olsson suffers from an apparently acute brain illness that is not due to any self-mutilation or external factors,” the Danish entity said in a statement, published to put an end to the “rumors” that appeared in the absence of the player.

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Announcement about Kristoffer Olsson.

— FC Midtjylland (@fcmidtjylland) February 27, 2024

“The 28-year-old Swedish national team player lost consciousness at home on Tuesday, February 20, and was transferred to Aarhus University Hospital, where he was hospitalized and placed under assisted respiration,” he said.

Olsson, whose exact diagnosis has not been communicated, remains unconscious.

After starting out at Arsenal, the player from Norrköping (eastern Sweden) played for Midtjylland, AIK Stockholm, Krasnodar and Anderlecht, before returning to the Danish club last summer.

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In a post on social media, the Swedish federation wished him a speedy recovery: “The entire Swedish football family is thinking of you and hopes you recover soon.”

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2024-02-28 01:09:49
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