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Lamin Conteh, a former Sierra Leone national team captain who played at two African Nations Cups for them in 1994 and 1996, has died aged 45. He played 18 times for the national team and scored four goals in a career that took him to clubs in Belgium, Germany, Malaysia and the Middle East. He succeeded the legendary Mohammed Kallon as captain of the national team in 2002, but stopped playing for them soon after over money issues. https://footballsierraleone.net/2022/05/05/sierra-leone-football-legend-dies-after-a-short-illness/

Leo Wilden, a part of the West Germany squad at the 1962 World Cup but didn't play a minute has died aged 82. He played more than 180 games for FC Köln between 1958 and 1966 before moving to Bayer Leverkusen for three years before finishing his career with St. Truiden in Belgium in 1969. https://fc.de/fc-info/news/detailseite/details/der-fc-trauert-um-leo-wilden/ He won two German titles with Köln- including the inaugural Bundesliga in 1963/4.

Days removed from the passing of Naci Erdem, another member of the Turkey squad from the 1954 World Cup has died. Ridvan Bolatli was 93 and spent the entirety of his career at his hometown club Ankaragucu, picking up six caps for Turkey. https://raillynews.com/2022/03/eski-milli-futbolcu-ridvan-bolatli-hayatini-kaybetti/

Miguel Van Damme, a Belgian goalkeeper who played for Cercle Brugge, has died aged 28 after a battle with leukaemia. https://sporza.be/nl/2021/01/12/doelman-miguel-van-damme-28-verliest-oneerlijke-strijd-met-leukemie-hij-is-naar-zijn-laatste-match-vertrokken~1610462015021/

Warrior Junior, a member of a prominent family of luchadors, died of reasons yet to be clarified on March 17th. He was the son of Black Warrior, a longtime rival of Mistico, who went on to be the original Sin Cara in WWE and was married to the daughter of the legendary Negro Casas. He was only 24 years old. https://www.wrestleview.com/top-story/228531-young-luchador-warrior-jr-passes-away/

Aleksei Bakharev, a midfielder who won one cap for both Russia and Ukraine in his career, has died aged 45. His sole cap for Russia came in a friendly with Brazil on November 18th 1998. And his sole cap for Ukraine came on August 21st 2002 against Iran. His playing career took him to several clubs in Russia, with two spells at Lada Togliatti between 1994 and 1997, returning there for a year in 2006. The club he made the most appearances for, however, was Shakhtar Donetsk, where he made 124 appearances and scoring 10 goals between 1999 and 2006 - including one at Highbury against Arsenal in the Champions League in 2000. Spartak Moscow, Rotor Volgograd, Rubin Kazan, Nosta Novotroitsk, Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk and FSA Voronezh were the other clubs he plied his trade. https://sportrbc.ru/news/623463c09a7947cc5edd6ec7

Former WWE trainer "Doctor" Tom Prichard has put out a tweet that suggests Scott Hall has passed away.

Sergei Mandreko, a midfielder who was capped by The CIS (4 caps), Tajikistan and Russia (Both once) has died aged 50. https://tass.ru/sport/14002599 Checked to see if he made the Euro 92 squad based on his four CIS caps but alas, he did not.

Nikolai Manoshin, a member of the USSR squad for the 1962 World Cup - but didn't play a game - has died aged 83. https://rfs.ru/news/215256 He played plenty for Torpedo Moscow and then CSKA Moscow before embarking on a nomadic managerial career which saw him manage Somalia, Yemen and Mali while juggling numerous roles over the years at CSKA Moscow. He had eight caps for the USSR.

Ahmet Yilmaz Çalik, a defender who played for Genclerbirligi from 2011-17 before moving to Istanbul giants Galatasaray, where he made 36 appearances, has died in a car accident aged just 27. https://www.fanatik.com.tr/son-dakika-konyasporda-ahmet-calik-trafik-kazasinda-hayatini-kaybetti-2260464 He was playing for Konyaspor in the Super Lig, the Turkish top flight at the time of his death and also had eight caps and one goal for the Turkish national team.

Jens Jørgen Hansen, who won four Danish titles with Esbjerg fB between 1961 and 1965, has died aged 82. Also won the Danish Cup in 1964 and was part of the Danish squad that finished 4th at Euro 64 when it was still a tournament of only four teams in 39 caps for the national side. https://jv.dk/artikel/efb-legenden-jens-jørgen-hansen-er-død

Can someone delete my second post? I've accidentally double-dunted.

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Diego Montiel (25) who mainly played for Argentine side Atlético de Rafaela in the top two divisions before gradually moving down to the Amateur ranks by 2019 has died of meningitis. https://www.diariopopular.com.ar/futbol/fallecio-diego-montiel-ex-jugador-atletico-rafaela-n607745 Also, Dorval Rodrigues, a teammate of Pele at both club and international level, who was part of the Brazil squad who were runners-up in the 1959 Copa América, has died aged 86. https://www.santosfc.com.br/morre-dorval-um-dos-maiores-idolos-da-historia-do-santos-fc/ Known better in his homeland by his first name only, he made 13 appearances for Brazil between 1959 and 1963

Jiří Čadek, who played for Czechoslovakia in their 1958 World Cup defeat by Northern Ireland in their opening game has died aged 86. https://www.sport.cz/clanek/fotbal-ostatni-zemrela-legenda-dukly-cadek-3004015

Osagi Bascombe, a Bermudan international footballer who played in England for Darlington has been tragically stabbed to death aged 23. https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/19794513.man-stabbed-death-believed-former-darlington-player/

Karan Armstrong, American Soprano and Actress apparently dead per this pending Wikipedia edit.

Jacques Zimako, the first player of Kanak (Indigenous native of New Caledonia) origin to be capped for France, has died aged 69. A forward, he began his career at the Corsican club SC Bastia where he made 134 appearances and scored 42 goals before moving to Saint-Etienne in 1977 where he scored 30 goals in 120 games. During his time with Les Verts, he won the French title in 1981 before moving onto Sochaux and then returning to Bastia between 1983 and 1985 before retiring.

Cross-posting from the World Cup players thread to report the passing of Danish goalkeeping legend Lars Høgh aged 62.

Lars Høgh, who played for Denmark in their final group game, a victory over West Germany and knockout round loss to Spain at the 1986 World Cup, has died aged 62. A one-club man, the goalkeeper spent the entirety of his playing career at Odense Boldklub between 1977 and 2000. In the shadow of the great Peter Schmeichel, he only made eight appearances for Denmark but was in their squads for the King Fahd Cup (A tournament retroactively referred to as an edition of the Confederations Cup) in 1995 and also at Euro 96. And finally, he was voted as Danish goalkeeper of the year five times in 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 and 1994.

Said that's yer lot for 11, saying it again here. Can't see a big one going or even someone like a Shannen Doherty that'll capture the media for a bit then nothing.

Riuler, a Brazilian midfielder who played twice for Shonan Bellmare this season in the almost complete J. League season has tragically died of a heart attack aged just 23.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/11/15/countess-avon-intellectual-independent-minded-widow-prime-minister/ Ddddddeid.

Ivo Georgiev, a non-playing member of the Bulgarian squad at Euro 96 has died aged 49 of heart failure.

Bernardo Tengarrinha, a midfielder who had four Portuguese Under-21 caps and had spells at multiple clubs in his homeland, mostly on loan from FC Porto, where he never played a league match has died aged 32 of Hodgkin Lymphoma. He had initially put his career on hold in 2017 to fight leukaemia.