( CNN ) -- Italian footballer Piermario Morosini has died after collapsing during a Serie B match at Pescara on Saturday , according to Italian media reports . The 25-year-old collapsed after suffering a heart attack during the first half of the game of the match between Pescara and Livorno in Italian football 's second division . He was treated on the pitch before being rushed by ambulance to Pescara 's Civile Santo Spirito hospital but was later pronounced dead . A statement on the official Serie A web site said : `` The world of soccer is in mourning for the tragedy that took place this afternoon in Pescara , where during a match between the home team and Livorno , the soccer player Piermario Morosini collapsed on the ground ( struck down ) by a heart attack . `` The young midfield player came under pharmacological coma , but he died around 17:00 . '' Morosini , a former Italy under-21 international , was on loan at Livorno from Serie A side Udinese . The match was immediately abandoned and the Italian Football Federation ( FIGC ) announced a short time later that all football fixtures this weekend have been canceled . Inter Milan captain , Javier Zanetti , who learned of the news as his team were preparing for their Serie A fixture against Udinese , said the whole team was shocked by the news . `` We 're all deeply dismayed and very sorry , '' Zanetti said in a statement published on Inter 's web site . `` It is hard to believe what has happened and of course it was right to postpone all league games . My thoughts and those of all my teammates go out to all his family , '' Zanetti added . Fellow professionals have also taken to Twitter to express their sadness at the player 's passing . Manchester City 's Argentine international Sergio Aguero said : `` Livorno Piermario Morosini 's passing is a great blow to everyone . It 's a sad day for me as well . My condolences to his family . '' While Wesley Sniejder of Inter Milan wrote : `` Rest in peace Piermario Morosini , riposa in pace ... . '' Morosini 's death comes just under a month after English Premier League player Fabrice Muamba collapsed after suffering a cardiac arrest during an FA Cup match between Bolton Wanderers and Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on March 17 . The 24-year-old 's heart stopped for 78 minutes as doctors struggled to keep him alive at the stadium and then later at the London Chest Hospital on March 17 . The Bolton midfielder has since made a remarkable recovery .
Ex-Italy under-21 player Piermario Morosini dies after collapsing during Serie B match . Former Juventus and Inter Milan striker was in the stands at San Siro.