<p>Vasco da Gama's 14-year-old player Wendel Junio Venancio da Silva suffered what appeared to be a heart stroke during the team's under-15 football practice Thursday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Breaking into convulsions, the teenager died on the field.<br /><br />Under the intense heat of Rio de Janeiro's interior city of Itaguai, the teenager suddenly collapsed only twelve minutes into the team's practice, Xinhua reported.<br /><br />Despite the quick response of the club's medical staff to revive the athlete, Silva died on the field.<br /><br />Vasco da Gama pledged to offer the player's family support and declared three days of mourning for the tragic and unexpected incident.<br /></p>
<p>Vasco da Gama's 14-year-old player Wendel Junio Venancio da Silva suffered what appeared to be a heart stroke during the team's under-15 football practice Thursday. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Breaking into convulsions, the teenager died on the field.<br /><br />Under the intense heat of Rio de Janeiro's interior city of Itaguai, the teenager suddenly collapsed only twelve minutes into the team's practice, Xinhua reported.<br /><br />Despite the quick response of the club's medical staff to revive the athlete, Silva died on the field.<br /><br />Vasco da Gama pledged to offer the player's family support and declared three days of mourning for the tragic and unexpected incident.<br /></p>