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[MarcJWallace 270]

Some tragic news from Switzerland (again) tonight as the tragic death of Elia Alessandrini has been announced at the age of just 25.
 

 

The central defender joined second-tier side Stade Lausanne-Ouchy from SC Kriens in the summer and had made five appearances in the Swiss Challenge League this season.

 

He spent the majority of his youth career with BSC Young Boys, joining FC Thun, Kriens and Chiasso on loan deals before leaving YB permanently for Kriens in August 2020.

No cause of death is publically available right now.

[diego 1,980]

Ivan Hamaliy, played for Lviv, Karpaty, among others, the Ukrainian footballer was 66 years old when he died on 12/18

https://sport24.ua/uk/football/news/33299-vidomiy-zahisnik-karpat-pomer-u-vitsi-67-rokiv

[Ulitzer95 12,584]

3 minutes ago, diego said:

Ivan Hamaliy, played for Lviv, Karpaty, among others, the Ukrainian footballer was 66 years old when he died on 12/18

https://sport24.ua/uk/football/news/33299-vidomiy-zahisnik-karpat-pomer-u-vitsi-67-rokiv

We all read the Deaths in 2022 page on Wikipedia you know. Useless posting all these when they’ve been listed on there for days.

[gcreptile 10,966]

Wimbledon legend Dickie Guy is facing a longer hospital stay for an unspecified health problem:

https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2022/december/a-heartfelt-message-to-our-club-president-dickie-guy/

[The Old Crem 3,582]

3 minutes ago, gcreptile said:

Wimbledon legend Dickie Guy is facing a longer hospital stay for an unspecified health problem:

https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/news/2022/december/a-heartfelt-message-to-our-club-president-dickie-guy/

One to watch as he would probably get a Q/O somewhere. 

[Ulitzer95 12,584]

On 02/12/2022 at 13:01, YoungWillz said:

Assem Allam dead.

Christopher Needler (wiki), 78, becomes the second chairman of Hull City F.C. to die this month.

[Sly Ronnie 879]

3 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Christopher Needler (wiki), 78, becomes the second chairman of Hull City F.C. to die this month.

 

That's just careless.

[drol 11,932]

Serie A legend, Uruguyan midfielder Fabian O'Neill, in coma in ICU with unspecified illness.

 

Only 49, but was already near death in 2020 due to liver failure as a consequence of his alcoholism. Worth a punt?

[drol 11,932]

18 hours ago, drol said:

Serie A legend, Uruguyan midfielder Fabian O'Neill, in coma in ICU with unspecified illness.

 

Only 49, but was already near death in 2020 due to liver failure as a consequence of his alcoholism. Worth a punt?

Fabian O'Neill dead.

 

He was a good punt.

[drol 11,932]

3 hours ago, drol said:

Fabian O'Neill dead.

 

He was a good punt.

Straight to Reuters QO.

[diego 1,980]

Txetxu Rojo died at the age of 75 on 12/23, the Spaniard only played for Athletico Bilbao during his career, between 65-82. He also played for the national team and coached several teams, including Bilbao itself, Osasuña and Zaragoza

https://www.atlantico.net/articulo/celtismo/fallece-txetxu-rojo-tecnico-celta-anos-1991-1994/20221224010434959232.html

[diego 1,980]

József Fitos passed away at the age of 63, the Hungarian played for Honvéd, Panathnaikos (GRE), Panionios (GRE), Ujpest (HUN) and coached Honvéd as well

Played for the Hungarian selection too

https://www.nemzetisport.hu/magyar_valogatott/gyasz-elhunyt-a-tizenketszeres-magyar-valogatott-fitos-jozsef-2931237

[diego 1,980]

Bojan Jamina was a Yugoslavian footballer who died on 26/12 at the age of 43, among the clubs he defended is Beograd (SER), and NK Olimpija Ljubljana (ESL), defended Bosnia under 21. Shot in the head, but the bullet missed the brain.

https://www.kurir.rs/sport/fudbal/4077560/preminuo-bivsi-fudbaler-ofk-beograda-koji-je-pucao-sebi-u-glavu

[diego 1,980]

Sergey Dmitriyev was a USSR footballer who died on 12/26 at the age of 58, played for CSKA Moscow, Zenit, Dynamo Moscow, coached the Brunei national team, played 6 matches for the national team, scored a goal, was part of the runners-up team European in 88, wearing shirt number 17, being the 4th to die of the 21 participants (including the coach)

https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/12/26/russian-striker-sergey-dmitriev-dies/

[diego 1,980]

Jair Bala dies, aged 79, a footballer who was accidentally shot when a director of Flamengo pointed a gun at him when he went to ask for money for a goal achieved, the employee thought the gun was unloaded and pointed it to the ground, the bullet ricocheted and entered the left thigh stopping in the groin, the doctors thought it best not to operate, hence the nickname. He replaced Pelé when he scored his alleged 1000th goal. He also played for Flamengo, Botafogo RJ and others, including Palmeiras de 1967, national champion of that year (20th to die from that team out of 28, including the coach)
He also played for Comercial SP, a team from my city

recently had a stroke

https://www.uol.com.br/esporte/colunas/milton-neves/2022/12/27/morre-jair-bala-ex-atacante-de-america-mg-santos-e-flamengo.htm

[drol 11,932]

Indian legend Tulsidas Balaram, 86, hospitalised.

[Ulitzer95 12,584]

Tweet reporting the death of Brian Brown, former Chelsea and Millwall player, aged 73.

No Wikipedia page so here's his Hugman's profile.
 

 

[drol 11,932]

19 hours ago, drol said:

Indian legend Tulsidas Balaram, 86, hospitalised.

Hmmm... they insist he is good, but looks like he is already dead.

[YoungWillz 21,033]

Former goalkeeper for Crystal Palace, Leyton Orient, Ipswich Town and Millwall, John Jackson, reported dead: https://www.leytonorient.com/news/2022/december/30/in-memory--john-jackson/

[RIP Wee Jum 1,559]

Marc Overmars recovering after suffering from a stroke.  Sorry about the shiity source

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11586267/Marc-Overmars-recovering-hospital-stroke-confirm-Royal-Antwerp.html

[Spade_Cooley 9,515]

Big year for him, between having a stroke and texting pictures of his dick to female co-workers at Ajax.

[six feet blunder 161]

Maybe Overmars wanted the female workers at Ajax to have a stroke

[YoungWillz 21,033]

3 minutes ago, six feet blunder said:

Maybe Overmars wanted the female workers at Ajax to have a stroke

[RIP Wee Jum 1,559]

28 minutes ago, six feet blunder said:

Maybe Overmars wanted the female workers at Ajax to have a stroke

 

I could be wrong, but I thought the rumours were that female co workers weren't his thing

[ThereWillBeDeaths7 720]

3 hours ago, RIP Wee Jum said:

Marc Overmars recovering after suffering from a stroke.  Sorry about the shiity source

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11586267/Marc-Overmars-recovering-hospital-stroke-confirm-Royal-Antwerp.html

While I don't easily wish bad stuff upon people, I'm glad at least he has some bad luck after what he's done. He was an influential man at Ajax for years, all the while sending young co-workers pictures of the wrong kind of balls, and after the news dropped and he had to leave, found another job with Antwerp in a couple of weeks and went on with his career like nothing happened.