Muamba Retiring From Soccer After Heart Attack

It was, without question, one of the scarier moments of the football season past...

When Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba collapsed on the field after suffering a heart attack, the last five months have been a fight to see Fabrice get back to living a normal life- much less get back to the pitch.

So, understandably, five months after being declared dead for almost an hour, he has decided to hang up his cleats...

"Since suffering my heart attack and being discharged from hospital, I have remained utterly positive in the belief I could one day resume my playing career and play for Bolton Wanderers once again," Muamba said in a prepared statement on the Bolton website.

"As part of my on-going recovery, last week I travelled to Belgium to seek further medical advice from a leading cardiologist. But the news I received was obviously not what I had hoped it would be and it means I am now announcing my retirement from professional football."

Here's the incident...
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"We know that he will go on to achieve great things and within all this disappointment, the most important thing is that he is here, alive, today," Bolton manager Owen Coyle said.

Here's to Muamba's health from now on...

Muamba Effectively Dead For Over An Hour

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The team physician for Bolton Wanderers has come forward and admitted that the reviving of Fabrice Muamba was for almost 50 minutes before getting to hospital and another 30 while there...

Jonanthan Tobin admits that Muamba was "effectively dead in that time..."

Here's the early part of the incident as it aired...


Muamba received 15 electric shocks at the stadium and another 12 before his body responded with a heart rhythm.

Here was report after referee Howard Webb abandoned the match...


At the London Chest Hospital, Muamba claims to feel fine and is responding to limited conversation. But he is, obviously far from a solid recovery timetable.

OSG Prem: Bolton's Muamba Collapses In FA Cup Match

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In between Premier League contests this week, squads are in the quarterfinals for the FA Cup- the nation's oldest trophy.

The Bolton-Tottenham match-up, however, was eventually abandoned after the collapse of Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba. There was an on-field attempt to resuscitate him, but he was eventually taken to London Chest Hospital...

Bolton said in a statement: "Fabrice Muamba has been admitted to the heart attack center at London Chest hospital where he is currently in a critically ill condition in intensive care."

Here's the report from the four-letter's side...


And here's one angle of coverage...
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More on Muamba when we know more...
Here's some of SkySports in-game coverage...