Soccer Player Sidelined Due to Injury from 'Pretty Hefty Sneeze'

Mar. 15, 2025

Victor Adeboyejo of the Bolton Wanderers.Photo:MI News/NurPhoto via AP

MI News/NurPhoto via AP

Asoccer playerhas been sidelined due to an injury he sustained — from a sneeze.Victor Adeboyejo, a striker with the Ontario soccer team the Bolton Wanderers, had to pull out of a game after hurting his back, his team manager said.“Victor has been suffering with a nasty back injury and a sneeze set it off yesterday [Sept. 2], believe it or not,” Ian Evatt toldThe Bolton News.“We have had it scanned and should have the results very soon,” Evatt told the outlet. “But then he had a pretty hefty sneeze – now Victor is a powerful boy and even his sneezes are powerful.”Victor Adeboyejo of the Bolton Wanderers.MI News/NurPhoto via APEvatt shared that the 26-year-old “felt a bit of a crack in between his ribs and we are hopeful it is just a cartilage or muscular issue but until we had a good look at the scan we won’t know.”“Sneezing is known to induce low back pain,” one study from theNational Library of Medicinesays, which says posture can reduce the impact on your body from a powerful sneeze: “Placing both hands on a table or otherwise maintaining an upright body posture appears to be beneficial for reducing low back load when sneezing.”The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!Significant injuries can occur from sneezes.Adele— who has shared her struggle with ongoing back issues — said she"slipped my first disc"at age 15 from a sneeze. And in June, a man who recently had surgery sneezed so powerfullyhe burst his surgical staples, causing parts of his intestine to spill out.Evatt joked about how Adeboyejo is his latest player to be sidelined with an injury, tellingThe Bolton News, “I have to start having a long look at myself when players start getting injured sneezing.”Victor Adeboyejo.Ben Roberts Photo/Getty“That is just the way things seem to be going at the moment, but we have to deal with it.”As for Adeboyejo’s future with the team, Evatt said, “Victor will be going nowhere, absolutely nowhere.”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Asoccer playerhas been sidelined due to an injury he sustained — from a sneeze.

Victor Adeboyejo, a striker with the Ontario soccer team the Bolton Wanderers, had to pull out of a game after hurting his back, his team manager said.

“Victor has been suffering with a nasty back injury and a sneeze set it off yesterday [Sept. 2], believe it or not,” Ian Evatt toldThe Bolton News.

“We have had it scanned and should have the results very soon,” Evatt told the outlet. “But then he had a pretty hefty sneeze – now Victor is a powerful boy and even his sneezes are powerful.”

Victor Adeboyejo of the Bolton Wanderers.MI News/NurPhoto via AP

Evatt shared that the 26-year-old “felt a bit of a crack in between his ribs and we are hopeful it is just a cartilage or muscular issue but until we had a good look at the scan we won’t know.”

“Sneezing is known to induce low back pain,” one study from theNational Library of Medicinesays, which says posture can reduce the impact on your body from a powerful sneeze: “Placing both hands on a table or otherwise maintaining an upright body posture appears to be beneficial for reducing low back load when sneezing.”

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

Significant injuries can occur from sneezes.Adele— who has shared her struggle with ongoing back issues — said she"slipped my first disc"at age 15 from a sneeze. And in June, a man who recently had surgery sneezed so powerfullyhe burst his surgical staples, causing parts of his intestine to spill out.

Evatt joked about how Adeboyejo is his latest player to be sidelined with an injury, tellingThe Bolton News, “I have to start having a long look at myself when players start getting injured sneezing.”

Victor Adeboyejo.Ben Roberts Photo/Getty

Ben Roberts Photo/Getty

“That is just the way things seem to be going at the moment, but we have to deal with it.”

As for Adeboyejo’s future with the team, Evatt said, “Victor will be going nowhere, absolutely nowhere.”

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