A former Super Eagles striker, Michael Eneramo is dead.
Eneramo was said to have died on Friday, April 24, after he collapsed during a local friendly match in the Ungwan Yelwa area of Kaduna State.
It was gathered that Eneramo was making an appearance at the Angwan Yelwa pitch in the Television area of the city.
Sources privy to the incident said Eneramo, born in Kaduna on November 26, 1985, played the entire first half of the game before his collapse.
The sources also said that there is a likelihood that the late former Super Eagles player might have suffered a cardiac arrest at about five minutes into the second half of the game.
One of the sources said, “He slumped and died right on the spot. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.
“He was pronounced dead at the hospital,” the source added.
One of the high points of his time with the Super Eagles was during qualification for the 2010 Fifa World Cup when he scored in the 2–2 draw at home against Tunisia which proved crucial in Nigeria eventually reaching the finals.
However, he was not selected in the squad for the tournament in South Africa.
“I can only pray that God will grant him eternal rest and also grant his loved ones and the Nigeria football family the fortitude to bear the loss,” Sanusi added.
Eneramo is the latest former international player from the continent to die on the pitch with a suspect-heart issue.
Cameroon’s Marc-Vivien Foe, Ivorian Cheick Tiote and Ghana’s Raphael Dwamena are among the most high-profile names to pass away in similar circumstances.
In 2009, a medical research team backed by world governing body Fifa determined that black African athletes “seem to have an increased risk of adverse cardiac events during sports events”, while former Ivory Coast and Chelsea striker Didier Drogba has called for “compulsory medical visits” to screen all professional players in his homeland.
The international player had earlier retired from professional football after playing for several clubs like Besiktas of Turkey, Tunisian side Esperance, and Nigerian club Lobi Stars.
Before his passing, the striker was also said to have established a football academy after his International streaks.
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