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This is a list of association footballers who died due to football-related incidents.. The primary causes of on-field deaths have evolved over time. Improvements in infection control and emergency surgery since the early days of organised soccer have mostly eliminated the fatal complications that were once common after routine sporting injuries.
Cusack died on 20 September 2023, at the age of 27 [4] by suicide. [11] At the time of her death she was the longest-serving player in the Sheffield United women's squad. [ 9 ] On 24 September, a minute's silence was held for Cusack before Sheffield United 's Premier League game against Newcastle United .
Diego Armando Maradona Franco (Spanish: [ˈdjeɣo maɾaˈðona]; 30 October 1960 – 25 November 2020) was an Argentine professional football player and manager. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of the sport, he was one of the two joint winners of the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award, alongside Pelé.
English soccer star George Baldock has died at the age of 31. According to the BBC, the athlete — who was born in the U.K. but also held Greek nationality — was found dead in a swimming pool ...
A federation spokesperson told Reuters that he had been suffering from a long illness and died on Aug. 18. "The soccer player learned the sad news after the World Cup final," the federation wrote ...
Kath Phipps, who worked for the U.K. soccer team from 1968 until 2023, has died at the age of 85 David Beckham Reveals Promise 'Adored' Manchester United Receptionist Made to His Parents in ...
In 2013, he was found guilty of ordering Samudio's murder, hiding the body and kidnapping his baby son, and was sentenced to 22 years in prison, [2] but was released pending appeal in February 2017. In April 2017, Brazil's Supreme Court ordered his re-arrest.
He was given his nickname, which means 'baby' in Portuguese, by his older brother. [5] Bebé was abandoned as a young child by his father Francisco and his mother Deolinda. He was consequently raised by his grandmother in a suburb of Lisbon, until the age of 12, when a court placed him in the care of the church. [6]