So Sad.....Patrick Ekeng has died after collapsing during a game with Dinamo Bucharest on Friday.
A spokesman for the Floreasca Emergency Hospital, Cristian Pandrea,
confirmed that doctors tried to resuscitate the Cameroon international
for an hour but failed.
Although he added that the cause of death was unknown, local media are reporting that Ekeng suffered a heart attack.
The match between Dinamo and Viitorul Constanta was at 3-2 and being
broadcast live, when the midfielder fell to the pitch in the 69th
minute, just seven minutes after he came on as a substitute.
Players and staff could be seen crying as events unfolded.
“Dinamo tonight lost footballer Claude Patrick Ekeng Ekeng forever.
On behalf of all of Dinamo, sincere condolences to the bereaved family.
God rest his soul,” A statement on Dinamo’s official Facebook page said.
Ekeng is survived by a wife and daughter.
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