Banned from playing in France due to heart symptoms, and recently the victim of illness in the middle of a match with La Gantoise, former Brest player Noah Fadiga should be able to get back on track with his career. He had an automatic defibrillator fitted.
Only a scar on his chest serves as a reminder of what he recently experienced. For the rest, Noah Fadiga assures that he has already turned the page and is focused on the future. On November 10, the Senegalese full-back (24 years old) from La Gantoise fell ill during the match against Standard de Liège.
Victim of a cardiac arrhythmia, which caused his collapse on the pitch, he was diagnosed with myocarditis and immediately underwent surgery to have a defibrillator fitted. “I still have to take it easy for a few weeks to respect the healing of my heart. I should be able to train fully again in January. I can’t wait to come back. I’m going to have a scan which should show that everything is fine. J “I’m looking forward to playing again,” he told Belgian media Sporza this Saturday, determined to continue his Football career.
Fadiga had to leave Brest in 2023
“Of course I would have preferred to have nothing at all, but the most important thing is to hear that everything is going to be okay. I’m healthy, I see things in a positive way. I think I “I am now the safest player on a football field,” he added with a smile, citing the example of Christian Eriksen, who had a defibrillator implanted to regulate his heart rate after his heart attack. occurred during Euro 2021.
In the summer of 2023, the medical commission of the French Football Federation, however, decided to revoke Noah Fadiga’s license due to his heart problems. Forced to leave France and Stade Brestois, he therefore returned to Belgium, where La Gantoise recruited him after in-depth examinations.
His father, Khalilou Fadiga, revealed in particular at Auxerre, suffered a hard blow when the discovery of a cardiac arrhythmia derailed his transfer to Inter Milan in 2003. He underwent two heart operations, with the installation of a automatic defibrillator, he continued to play in England then in Belgium until 2011.
