The Sevillian goalkeeper Sergio Rico, currently in the Paris Saint Germain (PSG) squad, is admitted to the Virgen del RocÃo Hospital, in Seville, where he was transferred this Sunday after falling from a horse in the village of El RocÃo ( Huelva) and suffered a head injury, health sources informed EFE. The same sources point out that Sergio Rico has been “admitted for evaluation of the fall” and that “his general condition is serious.”
According to the local press, Rico has been transferred to the Virgen del RocÃo hospital in Seville after being kicked in the neck after falling off the horse he was riding.
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 they tied at one and became champion of the tournament.
Sergio Rico, after that game, moved to El RocÃo, where his pilgrimage is being held these days, and it was this morning when he suffered the mishap that led to his transfer to the Seville hospital. A PSG spokesman has confirmed that the footballer is admitted and “in serious condition”, while Sevilla has sent a message of encouragement to the former player of the Andalusian team: “A lot of strength and speedy recovery”, he has written on the networks club social.
The goalkeeper, after his time at Sevilla, went through English Fulham, was later hired by PSG, who last season loaned him to Real Mallorca to return to the Parisian team, where he is a regular substitute.
