Jesús de Miguel Alameda

On the evening of Monday 2 November 2026, in stoppage time of the Segunda División match between CD Tenerife and FC Andorra at the Estadio Heliodoro Rodríguez López in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, De Miguel was starting a counter attack near halfway when the Andorra goalkeeper came out of his area to challenge him and the two collided. De Miguel fell and lay motionless, players from both sides called urgently for medical help, and he suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest. He received resuscitation on the pitch for several minutes before being carried to an ambulance to applause from the crowd. The teams and the referee agreed to abandon the match, which was halted at 2 to 2.

He was admitted to the intensive care unit of the Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria, initially described by the club as stable within the seriousness of his condition. He did not regain consciousness, and early on Tuesday the club reported a neurological worsening. CD Tenerife announced that he died at 8:00 on Tuesday 3 November 2026. He was 30. The club said it was broken with grief, and his former clubs, including Unionistas de Salamanca, joined in tributes.

Jesús de Miguel Alameda was born in Madrid on 21 September 1996. He learned the game in the youth sections of CDE Lugo de Fuenlabrada and CD Leganés, and in the 2015 to 2016 season moved up from Leganés's under 19 A team to its reserve side, CD Leganés B, in Tercera División.

After two seasons with Leganés B he signed for Internacional de Madrid in Tercera División in 2017, aged 20. He scored nine goals in 33 matches and was a key figure in the club's promotion to Segunda División B.

In 2018 to 2019 he joined CF Fuenlabrada in Segunda División B, playing the first half of the season before going on loan to Unión Adarve. He then moved to CDA Navalcarnero, scoring 12 goals in 29 matches in 2019 to 2020, among them the goal that sealed promotion to Segunda División B, and four more in 17 games the following season.

In 2021 he signed for Unionistas de Salamanca in Primera División RFEF and scored 12 goals in 36 matches in his first season. On 31 January 2023 he joined CD Castellón, where he spent parts of three seasons, winning promotion and making his debut in Segunda División.

On 8 July 2025 he signed for CD Tenerife in Primera Federación and helped the club win promotion back to Segunda División. A 1.89 metre centre forward, he wore the number 9 shirt for Tenerife.

De Miguel was married and had a daughter who was about a year and four months old at the time of his death. Reports said his wife and daughter were in the stands at the Heliodoro Rodríguez López when he was injured, and his parents travelled overnight from the Spanish mainland to be with him. His family asked for the utmost respect for their privacy.

De Miguel's career was a story of steady progress through every tier of Spanish football, from Tercera División to the professional game, with promotions at Internacional de Madrid, Navalcarnero, Castellón and Tenerife along the way. His death after an on field collision in a professional league match shocked Spanish football and was mourned across the clubs he had played for, from Madrid and Salamanca to Castellón and the Canary Islands.