{"id":14035,"date":"2014-04-23T07:58:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T07:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/gabon-goalkeeper-dies-after-head-kick\/"},"modified":"2014-04-23T07:57:36","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T07:57:36","slug":"gabon-goalkeeper-dies-after-head-kick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/gabon-goalkeeper-dies-after-head-kick\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabon Goalkeeper Dies After Head Kick"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{AC Bongoville’s Sylvain Azougoui has died after being kicked in the head during a league match in Gabon.}}<\/p>\n

The goalkeeper died on the way to hospital after the incident during a match against Centre Mberi Sportif.<\/p>\n

The 30-year-old from Togo had just stopped a shot on goal, but the attacker lost his balance on the wet grass and stepped on Azougoui’s head.<\/p>\n

“It is truly difficult to see how fate can be so cruel,” a statement on the club’s Facebook page said.<\/p>\n

“He had been decisive and exemplary on several occasions when AC Bongoville were in difficulty – and knowing that he is leaving us so young because of an innocuous blow is truly sad.”<\/p>\n

Sunday’s game was played in Bongoville almost 800 kilometres from Gabon’s capital of Libreville.<\/p>\n

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