COPENHAGEN, Denmark —
Christian Eriksen will return to
the Danish squad later this month for the first time since suffering a cardiac
arrest on the pitch during Euro 2020 last June, Denmark's football association
said Tuesday.
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The 30-year-old, who has been fitted with an implantable
cardioverter-defibrillator, has been selected to play in
Denmark's friendlies
against the Netherlands on March 26 in Amsterdam and against Serbia on March 29
in Copenhagen, the association said.
Eriksen made his club comeback this month for English
Premier League side Brentford.
The Dane suffered a cardiac arrest in Denmark's opening game
of the
European Championships against Finland in Copenhagen on June 12.
He had to be resuscitated on the pitch, lying unconscious
for several minutes as the stunned crowd and millions of television viewers
around the world watched on in horror.
Eriksen spent several days in hospital and had the pacemaker
implanted to regulate his heartbeat.
"He's in good shape. I've followed him closely. I was
recently in London to see him and evaluate him. I saw him in practice and
during a match and physically he's very, very sharp", Denmark coach
Kasper Hjulmand told reporters.
"There are always things that can be improved, that's
normal, but he's playing at a very high level", he added.
Eriksen terminated his contract with
Inter Milan by mutual
consent in December as the Italian league rules bar players with pacemakers,
contrary to the Premier League.
Throughout his career, he has played 109 caps and scored 36
goals for the Danish squad, which has qualified for the 2022 World Cup in
Qatar.
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