Ivory Coast defender Bamba, who played in two World Cups, dies at age 39

Ivory Coast defender Bamba, who played in two World Cups, dies at age 39

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The BBC reported that Sol Bamba, a soccer player from Cote d'Ivoire who played in two World Cups, died on the 1st (Korean time) at the age of 39.

Adanaspor, a Turkish second-division club coached by Bamba, said, "Bamba collapsed before the match against Manisa the day before and was taken to Celal Bayar University Hospital, but died."

Bamba previously battled non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a type of cancer.

Although he announced that he had overcome the illness in 2021, it 토토 appears that he was never able to recover from it.

During his active career, Bamba played for Paris Saint-Germain in France, Hibernian in Scotland, and Cardiff City in the English Championship (second division), scoring 23 goals in 426 professional appearances.

After retiring at the end of the 2021-2022 season playing for Middlesbrough in England, he worked as a manager.

He began his first-team coaching career this year by taking charge of Adanaspor.

Bamba represented Ivory Coast at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

In the South Africa World Cup, he was coached by Sven-Göran Eriksson (Sweden), who passed away on the 26th of last month.