A goalkeeper in Indonesia’s top division has died after colliding with a team-mate during a league match, reports BBC.

Choirul Huda, 38, was rushed to hospital on Sunday but pronounced dead shortly after arriving, doctors said.

In a statement released on the website of his club—Persela FC—Dr Yudistiro Andri Nugroho said Huda suffered ‘impacts on the chest and lower jaw’.

He added the ‘initial analysis’ suggested a ‘possibility of head trauma and neck trauma’.

Dr Nugroho, from Dr Soegiri Lamongan hospital in Lamongan, East Java, said the collision resulted in Huda ‘stopping breathing and [caused a] cardiac arrest’.

He said a medical team attempted to revive him but after an hour there were ‘no reflexes of signs of normal life’.

The match continued, with Persela beating Semen Padang 2-0.

Persela said thousands of fans later attended a candlelit vigil to honour the goalkeeper, who made more than 500 league appearances for his only club.