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Mali star Ousmane Coulibaly, 32, suffers heart attack on the pitch and given emergency medical attention as match abandoned
MALI star Ousmane Coulibaly has suffered a heart attack during a league game in Qatar.
The 16-cap international was playing for Al Wakrah during their QNB Stars League clash with Al Rayyan.
But in horrifying scenes, Coulibaly, 32, collapsed late in the first half.
Panicked medics rushed onto the pitch with the game temporarily halted.
After realizing the severity of the issue, the match was eventually abandoned, awarded as a 1-0 win for Al Rayyan, the scoreline at the time of Coulibaly's collapse.
After the game, a league statement confirmed Coulibaly - who spent 12 years playing in Europe - had suffered a heart attack.