Really sad to break this news..

Nigerian defender David Oniya collapsed on the pitch and died after playing just a few minutes of a local friendly in Malaysia on Saturday, reports said.

Oniya, 30, went down about three minutes into the game for T-Team and was pronounced dead at hospital around half-an-hour later, the club’s chief executive told The Star newspaper.

CEO Syahrizan Mohd Zain said Oniya, who was in his first season with second-tier T-Team, had barely touched the ball in the friendly with Super League side Kelantan in Kota Bharu.

“There was no hard running and it was a slow tempo match. It’s only a friendly game,” Syahrizan was quoted as saying.

“The match was called off in the 60th minute when we received a call from the hospital that Oniya had died.”

Deaths on the pitch, often from heart failure, are not unheard of and Belgium lost two players in two weeks in late April and May.

The most prominent case was Cameroon midfielder Marc-Vivien Foe, who collapsed and died while playing a Confederations Cup semi-final against Colombia in Lyon in 2003.

source: www.ngrguardiannews.com/2015/06/nigerian-player-collapses-dies-in-malaysia/

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Nah wah.

RIP bro. Reminds me of Samuel Okwaraji...

Na wah o!

Imagine a man
died playing the sport he loved. That actually shows someone can lose
his or her life at anytime, value your life,
family and friends while they’re still here cause they’re not going to be here
forever. Rest in peace brother.

Dem don follow the guy from village.

RIP bro

RIP Bro.

Rip

R.I.P DEAR

So sad, rip

This is indeed very sad!
May God give his family the fortitude to bear the oss.
Rip bro.

May his soul rest in peace

May his soul rest in peace

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ItsyaBwoyTridaz

Rip.... so sad

(RIP) FP 4 sure

At a time when you were about to start reaping the reward of your effort; so unfortunate. May the Lord grant you eternal rest.

shocking .. RIP Oniya

The cold hand of death touched you. So sad

RIP Bro

Malaysia?

RIP

So sad.....RIP bro.

rip

so sad

So so sad.. . Rip to him

RIP

probably dt team no d feed am well RIP ONIYA