Julio Enciso ‘almost died’ after fainting on flight

Julio Enciso, a Brighton star, claims that he “almost died” after passing out during his journey to Ecuador, with a fellow traveler saving his life.

During the international break, Enciso, 20, was returning to South America from the United Kingdom to play for the Paraguay national team against Ecuador and Venezuela.

Paraguay take on Ecuador in Quito on Thursday with Enciso revealing he was ‘powerless’ after collapsing on board the plane.

“I have a headache.” Enciso tried to joke off the situation by saying, “I fainted on the plane, I nearly died.” Report from Del Paraguay

‘I was weak, I didn’t eat or sleep well. At one point I got up to go to the bathroom and I felt like I was falling.’

Enciso revealed another passenger came to his assistance, offering him ‘Coca Cola and Japanese soup’ to help him get his bearings back.

‘A guy grabbed me and took me to the front, made me drink coke and a Japanese soup and that did me good,’ he said.

Enciso is already a key player in the Paraguayan set-up with 19 senior caps to his name.

The forward left his homeland to join Brighton for a fee of £9.5million in the summer of 2022, emerging as one of the Premier League’s bright young talents under Roberto de Zerbi.

In his first campaign in England, Enciso scored the goal of the season with his stunning long range effort against Manchester City.

He spent most of the 2023-24 season on the sidelines after suffering a serious knee injury, picking up another knock in the summer while representing Paraguay at the Paris Olympics.

Under new Brighton boss Fabian Hürzeler, Enciso is still to start a Premier League game this season, coming off the bench in five of their seven league outings while starting in Carabao Cup wins over Crawley Town and Wolves.

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