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Nicole Goodwin

Fabrice Muamba backs Sunderland-based heart charity's mission to rollout defibrillators to football clubs

A defibrillator could be the difference between life and death.

That's the message from former Arsenal midfielder Fabrice Muamba, who became one of the world's highest profile survivors of sudden cardiac arrest in March 2012, aged just 23. Muamba was playing for Bolton Wanderers in an FA Cup quarter-final against Tottenham Hotspur when his heart stopped beating for 78 minutes.

He was very fortunate to be brought back to life by doctors. And now the 34-year-old has joined Sunderland -based heart charity Red Sky Foundation and Team Grassroots in highlighting the importance of life-saving defibrillators.

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