Former Super Eagles Player Is Dead

Former Super Eagles Player Is Dead.

Former Super Eagles’ defender, Yisa Sofoluwe has died on Tuesday after being in coma for five days, The Nation reports.

OnyxNews Nigeria learnt that the 53-year-old Sofoluwe was admitted at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) since last Thursday after it was diagnosed that he had mild cerebral atrophy.

Another ex footballer Waidi Akanni who has been taking care of the Sofoluwe alongside another former footballer, Jide Oguntuase broke the sad news to SportingLife on late Tuesday night.

“Sofoluwe didn’t make it. We tried our best to save his life but unfortunately he has gone to be with the Lord,” Akanni revealed.

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Sofoluwe won 40 caps and scored one goal for Nigeria and was a member of the Eagles squads which reached the final of the 1984 and 1988 AFCON tournaments.

At club level, he featured for Ibadan giants 3SC between 1982 and 1983, winning the domestic league title, before moving to Abiola Babes in 1985 and 1987 where he spent four seasons and won the FA Cup twice.