The Argentina Football Association (AFA) has confirmed the tragic passing of Emanuel Ortega, who died after suffering a head injury.
All football in Argentina has been suspended after San Martin Burzaco's Emanuel Ortega passed away due to a serious head injury.
In a Primera C match against Juventud Unida on May 4, Ortega, 21, went shoulder-to-shoulder with an opposition player next to the touch line and crashed into a concrete wall close to the pitch.
He had emergency surgery on a double skull fracture, but on Thursday the sad news was confirmed that he had passed away.
"A pity his farewell," a statement from the Argentina Football Association (AFA) read.