Player dies after collapsing in Argentina second-division match

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Cristian Gomez, a player with Argentine club Atletico Parana, died on Sunday after collapsing during a second-division match.

The Argentine Football Association match supervisor for the game, Ramon Gomez, told local media that the 27-year-old defender fainted on the field in the first half of the match against Boca Unidos. The official said the player was taken to General San Martin hospital in the city of Corrientes, where doctors were unable to revive him.

The cause of death was not immediately known.

The defender is the second player to die in just under two weeks in Argentina. Emanuel Ortega, a player for fourth-division team San Martin de Burzaco, died after hitting his head on a post used to support fencing at the stadium.