(Reuters) -Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove has been discharged from hospital, the club said on Friday, after surgery to implant a heart starter device following his collapse during a Serie A match.

Multiple outlets in Italy are reporting that Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove has been discharged from hospital on Friday, 12 days after his scary on-pitch collapse during the Serie A match between

Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove has been discharged from hospital, the club said on Friday, after surgery to implant a heart starter device following his collapse during a Serie A match.

Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove has been released from the hospital following surgery to implant a temporary heart device. This follows his collapse during a Serie A match. The device, an ICD, is not allowed under Serie A rules but might be removed if he opts to return.

On Sunday, December 1 the match between Fiorentina and Inter was interrupted and the abandoned in the 17th minute when Italian midfielder Edoardo Bove collapsed on the pitch. The 22-year-old was stretchered off the pitch and placed into an ambulance in the corner before leaving the Stadio Artemio Franchi and being transported to Careggi hospital in Florence.

Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove has been discharged from hospital after undergoing surgery to implant a removable heart starter device following his recent collapse during a Serie A match, ANSA news agency reported on Friday.