VALLADOLID – Former player and coach Eusebio Sacristán is in an induced coma after undergoing surgery at Valladolid Clinical Hospital this Thursday to improve intracranial pressure that has caused a clot in the head due to a fall and head injury , according to sanitary sources.
Eusebio will remain in the hospital pending its evolution, as reported by the Foundation that bears his name in a statement and, at the express wish of the former footballer and coach’s family, will be named the entity that will report the news on will bring his condition. of health.
Since the acute complications of this type of trauma are due to the increase in cranial pressure, the procedure has been performed to reduce this pressure and he will need to remain intubated and in an induced coma until his evolution is verified in the next few hours.
Eusebio Sacristán’s family wanted to convey “sincere gratitude” to all people, the media and colleagues from the sports world who are interested in his health.
Eusebio Sacristán Mena was trained at the Real Valladolid quarry to make his debut in the first team at the age of 19 and after four years he signed with Atletico Madrid, where he spent one season, to spend the next seven campaigns at Johan Cruyff’s Barcelona.
After signing with Celta Vigo in the 1995/96 season and playing there for two years, he returned to Real Valladolid, where he retired in 2002 with 543 consecutive games, making him the third player to have the most official matches in the history of the League, behind only Zubizarreta and Raúl González.
As a coach, Eusebio coached Celta de Vigo, the subsidiary of Barcelona, Real Sociedad and Girona, from which he left in 2019, without having sat on a bench since, so he is during this time in the Foundation that bears his name and now resides in Valladolid.