A pro soccer player died Sunday from a goal celebration which went tragically wrong in India's Mizoram Premier League last Tuesday.
Peter Biaksangzuala died in hospital five days after landing on his head while attempting a multiple-somersault after scoring for Bethlehem Vengthlang FC — a club based in the north east Indian province of Mizoram.
The 23-year-old midfielder tied the match with a 62nd-minute score against Chanmari West FC in Tuesday's league match and celebrated with a series of acrobatic somersaults across the pitch.
Biaksangzuala's tumbling was modeled after the celebratory back-flip German World Cup star Miroslav Klose made famous (photo below).
Biaksangzuala apparently mistimed his landing and his head took the brunt of the violent fall.
Team-mates immediately rushed to his aid and he was carried off the pitch on a stretcher.
Biaksangzuala was rushed to Aizawl Civil Hospital where a CT scan revealed he had severely damaged his spinal cord and he was moved to an intensive care unit.
He spent five days in hospital, as doctors unsuccessfully attempted to heal his injuries, and was pronounced dead in the early hours of Sunday after being put on a ventilator.
"He was trying to do Germany's Klose signature flip stunt," said a source. "But it misfired unfortunately."
"He was trying to do Germany's Klose signature flip stunt," said a source. "But it misfired unfortunately."
The team will retire his No. 21 jersey.
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