Death on the Football Fields: Angels of the Football
Football, or soccer, is the most popular sport in Europe. We lock our hearts and brains to the results of the matches at weekends, Champions League or Uefa Cup. Every goal scored is enough to make us happy.
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However, there are some times in football upseting all followers. They are the deaths and injuries in football fields. This article is devoted to three man who died in football fields, Marc Vivien Foe, Miclos Feher and Antonio Puerta.
Marc Vivien Foe:
Foe was born in Cameroon in 1975. He started his football career as a junior in Union Garoua, then he transferred to Canon Yaounde team. His success in Cameroon, carried him to the France League. He played for RC Lens and Olympique Lyonnais teams in France and for Westham United and Manchester City in United Kingdom. He was choosen Cameroon National team and played 64 times and scored 8 goals. His team was invited to Fifa Confederations Cup in Lyon. After he played against Brazil and Turkey, Cameroon deserved to face Colombia in semifinal of the cup. He died in the 72. minute of the game in Stade De Gerland in Lyon. Autopsies shown that his death was because of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Miklos Feher:
Feher was born in Hungary in 1979 and started his football career in Gyori Eto FC. His goals and technique moved him to the famous Portugal club FC Porto. He couldn’t show his talent in Porto. Hence, he was hired to SC Salguerios and Sporting Braga teams. Finally, he was transferred to another famous Portugal club Benfica. Feher died in 2004 while playing against Vitoria Guimaraes. His death is still in my mind. He was yellow booked by the referee. He smiled at this decision and suddenly felt down. I can never forget his last smile. Feher played for Hungarian National Team 25 times and scored 7 goals as well.
Antonio Puerta:
Puerta was born in Spain in 1984. In his football career, he played only for Seville team. He played for Seville B team first and moved to Sevilla A team due to his success. He played 55 times for Seville and scored 5 goals. His youth and talent football impressed famous clubs Real Madrid, Manchester United and Arsenal teams and he entered to the transfer list of these clubs. He died in 2007 while he was playing against Getafe in Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium. It was announced that his death was because of Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy. At the time of his death, his girlfriend was expecting his first child.
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Nice Sport Article
KathySpring
They are so young and talented…How very sad!
Very sad indeed!
That is a big lost for football world..
I think you should edit this article because you forgot one of the greatest young players that have left us in their prime
Andrea Fortunato: Born in Salerno, Fortunato was one of Italy’s most promising prospects in the late 1980s and early ‘90s. The emerging young talent enjoyed a successful yet very short spell in Italian football before tragedy struck. He started his career in 1988 as a left-back with Como at the age of just 17. The young player from Salerno played 16 times in his first season with the Lariani, who were relegated to Serie C1. It was here where he established himself, with his consistent performances throughout the season, catching the eye of the bigger clubs – most notably Genoa. It was the Ligurian side who signed Fortunato in 1991, but he was immediately loaned to Serie B side Pisa for the 1991-92 season.
After an impressive spell the full-back returned to the Grifoni to team up with Christian Panucci, who was another bright star impressing Coaches around the peninsula. In his first year in the top flight Fortunato did enough to grab the attention of Juventus boss Giovanni Trapattoni, who brought the star to La Vecchia Signora. The left-back was an instant hit in the famous No 3 black and white jersey which belonged to the great Antonio Cabrini during the 1980s.
Fortunato became famous for his endless running and fine left foot, which he would use to provide accurate crosses for the likes of Roberto Baggio and Gianluca Vialli. His most important attribute was that he loved being a team player, both on and off the pitch. His charm and great personality won the hearts of many, so much so that Arrigo Sacchi, the ex-Azzurri tactician, described him as “a revelation of Italian football” and called the Juve star to make his one and only international appearance against Estonia on September 22, 1993 in Tallinn. Fortunato took Paolo Maldini’s place and played alongside the legendary Franco Baresi in a game the Azzurri won 3-0. The left-back showed striking similarities to Maldini and he was in Sacchi’s plans for the 1994 World Cup.
However, in a sad twist of fate, the player suffered an unexplainable loss of form and was subsequently dropped from the Giro Azzurro after doctors announced that he had a rare form of leukaemia in May 1994. Yet after a bone marrow transplant he made a full recovery and was picked by Marcello Lippi for Juve’s clash with Sampdoria on February 22, 1995.
Everything seemed to be going well, but Fortunato caught pneumonia and was never able to recover – he passed away on April 25, 1995 on the eve of Italy’s game with Lithuania in Vilnius. The Azzurri won and dedicated the victory to him. Just before he died he had said: “I never thought passing a ball could be so great.” That season Lippi’s Juve went on to win their 23rd League title, which is known as Fortunato’s Scudetto. As well as the championship dedicated to him he also won the Italian Super Cup.
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I am reminded of what the Bible says:
Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain:
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. James 4:13-15.
Nice article, well written and very informative.
so, men should die for a cause but hey, let it be a good one
So tragic.
Wow, that’s wild. Especially dieing with a yellow card. Brian
Andrea Fortunato is one player which must be mentioned here.rest the article is very informative.Even you can write on Accidents that took off the field and cost many human lives.