Bolton Wanderers's Fabrice Muamba in fight for his life Muamba had played a typically combative part in the game until that point and with the score at 1-1 there was no obvious indication that he was in distress. He was running back to helped defend a Tottenham attack when he collapsed. The response of the club medical staff was immediate. There were worrying echo of previous incidents, in which players have collapsed on the pitch. Marc-Vivien Foe died on the pitch in June 2003 after suffering a heart attack while playing for Cameroon in the Confederations Cup. Since then Miklos Feher, of Hungary, Daniel Jarque and Antonio Puerta of Spain and Scotland's Phil O'Donnell have suffered fatal heart attacks during play. Muamba, 23, was born in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire), and moved to England in 1999 after his father sought political asylum from Mobutu's regime five years earlier. Despite not speaking English on arriving at the age of 11 in Walthamstow, he excelled as a sportsman and a student, captaining England at Under 19 and getting his A-levels. He is married with a son. He came through the academy at Arsenal, where he earned comparisons with Patrick Vieira for his aggressive tackling and hard-running. Arsene Wenger sent him out to spend a season on loan with Steve Bruce's Birmingham City and, after he impressed at St Andrews, he moved there on a permanent transfer in 2007. The following year he switched to Bolton for £5million as one of the most promising central midfielders in the country. He has become a popular and valued member of the Bolton team, playing 141 games, and established himself in Stuart Pearce's England Under 21 side, winning 33 caps at that level. Bolton issued a statement on their website: "Bolton Wanderers can confirm that Fabrice Muamba has been taken to hospital following his collapse at White Hart Lane this evening during the FA Cup quarter-final.