The Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) goalkeeper, Sergio Rico, who suffered a head injury this Sunday in an accident with a horse, remains sedated and stable in the Intensive Care Unit of the Virgen del Rocio hospital in Seville, Spain.
According to the information provided by the hospital, Rico remains in serious condition and is cared for by Intensive Medicine specialists, who will be awaiting his clinical evolution.
Rico received several kicks to the head from a horse, as witnesses to the event told the Andalusian emergency team.
The EFE Agency assured that the event took place around 8:30 a.m., when several notices were received of the fall of a horseman on Camino de Moguer street in the Almonte village, where the rociera pilgrimage is celebrated.
The goalkeeper received primary care at the Health Emergencies Center installed in the village, which transferred him by helicopter, in serious condition, to the Virgen del Rocío Hospital.
The 29-year-old goalkeeper, trained in the Sevilla youth academy, in whose first team he was from the 2014-15 to 2018-19 season, was called up this Saturday with his team for the penultimate game of the French league, which he was playing in Strasbourg, where he tied one and was proclaimed champion of the tournament.
The goalkeeper, after his time at Sevilla, went through English Fulham, was later hired by PSG, who loaned him out to Real Mallorca last season, before returning to the Parisian team, where he is a regular substitute.
With information from EFE.
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