Sol Bamba, a former player for teams such as Leicester City, Leeds United, Middlesbrough and Cardiff City, died this Saturday at the age of 39 at the Manisa Celal Bayar University Hospital.
The former English Premier League soccer player was taken to the medical center after fainting before the match against Manisa Football Club, played yesterday. Adanaspor announced the coach’s death with a emotional statement.
“Our technical director Souleymane Bamba, who fell ill before the Manisa Football Club match played yesterday, was transferred to the Manisa Celal Bayar University Hospital and unfortunately lost the battle for his life there. Our deepest condolences to his family and our community,” the post reads on social media.
He battled for his life since years ago
Sol Mamba was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma back in January of 2021 and, luckily at the time, just four months later he announced that he was cancer-free. It was believed that he could be healthy for the rest of his life.
A few days ago, Bamba even posted on social media his sadness over the death of former Leicester and England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson, sadly not knowing what his faith would be later in the week.
He was a high-praise center back for his home country of Ivory Coast and made a home in England for many years, that is why it has been a hard to deal with his death in the last hours in that country.