The Danish soccer star Christian Eriksen got an ICD defibrillator inserted a few days after his collapse during the European Championship game against Finland.

The Danish association announced this Thursday.

This small device, similar to a pacemaker, is implanted in people who are at increased risk of abnormal heart rhythms.

Arrhythmias detected

“Various heart examinations were carried out on Christian.

It was then decided that he should have an ICD.

This decision is necessary after cardiac arrhythmias had triggered a heart attack in him, ”the Danish team doctor Morten Boesen is quoted in the association's statement.

In the past few days, Boesen was in regular contact with the heart specialists at the treating hospital in Copenhagen.

Eriksen himself has already agreed to this treatment, said the Danish association.

The use of an ICD defibrillator does not automatically mean that the 29-year-old has to end his professional career with it.

The Dutch international Daley Blind and the German pole vaulter Katharina Bauer continue to do competitive sports.