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Vicente Lecaro, born in Guayaquil and died in the same city on 23/Aug at the age of 87, made eight caps for the Ecuadorian national team from 1963 to 1967, was part of the Ecuadorian national team for the 1963 South American Championship, played for Emelec and Barcelona from Guayaquil

https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/jugada/muere-exfutbolista-vicente-lecaro-guayaquil/

Vicente Lecaro, histórico jugador de Barcelona SC.

 

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Hugh 'Shuggy' Murney, a Scottish born midfielder who started with Greenock Morton in 1957 becoming their youngest ever Captain the following season going on to play for a few other teams in Scotland and England before emigrating to Australia in the mid 60s has died aged 84. He made a big impact in Australia playing for several teams then having a lot of success as a coach which was recognised when he was awarded Football Victoria Life Membership in 2014

 

https://www.footballvictoria.com.au/news/vale-hugh-murney?fbclid=IwAR1gHDZYU_fVqQ4A13q3ledIfO7mu9ljZNaPf14K0Gga3Hjt3mQ92zVLMtE

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French Kalman Gerencseri has died aged 78. On 12 August 1960, at 15 years and 7 months, he became the youngest Ligue 1 player ever, a record that still stands.

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On 23/08/2023 at 01:08, Sinbabad said:

English Bobby Noble, former Manchester United player, is dead aged 77.

 

 

Bit of a what if...

 

Regular in their 66-67 title winning side but almost killed in a car crash before the end of the season, and never regained full fitness though United kept faith and tried to bring him back. Point being, without the car accident it's fairly likely he'd have still been there a season later to play in that European Cup final. 

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On 08/02/2007 at 11:19, Death in Vegas said:

Given that being a top level football manager is generally considered a rather stressful job, does anyone else think it's only a matter of time before we get another Jock Stein incident. We nearly had one a few years ago with Gerard Houllier. Prime contenders for me would be Neil Warnock and Luiz Felipe Scolari.

There are also a number of famous ex managers who are getting on a bit. Bobby Robson's health problems are well documented, Mario Zagallo is well into his seventies and has suffered from an irregular heart-beat in the past, and it will surely only be a matter of time until Cesar Luis Menotti is diagnosed with lung cancer.

Only 16 years later, Cesar Luis Menotti hospitalised in very delicate condition.

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9 hours ago, drol said:

Only 16 years later, Cesar Luis Menotti hospitalised in very delicate condition.

Menotti's family denies he is in a critical condition, he is stable and improving (of course, of course) after suffering a fall and will be discharged in a few days.

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Bertrand Marchand was born in Dinan and died on 26/aug at the age of 70, the Frenchman played professionally for Rennes, Marchand was player-coach and then coach of Thouars Foot 79 from 1982 to 1997. He was later at Rennes (training center educator and then assistant coach) and at Guingamp, where he managed the players of the first team from 2002 to 2004. He also trained in Tunisia with Club Africain and ES Sahel, a club based in Sousse with which, in 2007, he won the 2007 CAF Champions League and reached the semi-final of the 2007 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan. He is the only Frenchman to date, players and coaches combined, to have achieved this performance. (QAT) and Raja Casablanca (MAR) also

https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Bertrand-marchand-ancien-joueur-de-rennes-et-entraineur-de-guingamp-est-mort/1415884

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Uruguayan footballer Waldemar Victorino in extremely critical condition after attempted suicide.

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Arthur Leong was born in Guangzhou, China and died aged 92 and played football for the New Zealand national team and became the first player of Chinese ethnicity to represent New Zealand in football

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Leong_(footballer)

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/former-all-white-arthur-leong-dies/CRAUWKFB6ZABVO626L4OEXTNX4/

https://i0.wp.com/www.friendsoffootballnz.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Arthur-Leong-3.jpeg?resize=300%2C499&ssl=1

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Guy Calleja was born in Bordeaux and died at the age of 85 on 29/aug. He started his professional career at Girondins de Bordeaux and, after fourteen years at the club, joined Gazélec Ajaccio as player-coach. He coached this team three times before ending his coaching career in 1998 at AS Cannes

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Calléja

https://www.sudouest.fr/sport/football/girondins-de-bordeaux/girondins-de-bordeaux-l-ancien-capitaine-guy-calleja-est-decede-16447606.php

Girondinos de Bordéus.  Morreu o ex-capitão Guy Calleja

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On 28/06/2023 at 16:38, Perhaps said:

Nick Anderton update: https://www.instagram.com/p/CuAvCIjIcng/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

Final week of chemo. Reveals he’s had multiple side effects including sepsis and has spent over 70 nights in hospital. 

Nick Anderton cancer-free:
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/66684366

 

I get the feeling though that there's going to be a deadly relapse not too far in the future.

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One of the best African players ever, Malian Salif Keita, has died aged 76.

Truly a Saint Étienne and Ligue 1 legend.

During the 1970-1971 with Saint Étienne he scored 42 goals !

However he wasn’t the top scorer as Yugoslavian Skoblar from Marseille scored 44 times !

Keita and Skoblar are the only two people in the history of Ligue 1 to score 40 goals or more in one season !

He was the first Sub Saharan African to play in France and Spain. In 1973 he was the second player of Africa CAF (after Moroccan Abdallah Ben Barek from 1957 to 1968) to play in La Liga with Valencia.

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On 03/04/2022 at 23:11, DoorSlammer said:

Louis van Gaal just announced he has an 'aggressive form' of prostate cancer. Has been treated 25 times for it already.

Turns 71 in August and has no other known health issues.

 

Edit: He got diagnosed with it late 2020.

He gave an interview last night in which he revealed he recently had another operation with a lot of complications. Right now he needs to keep rest for two more weeks.

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Ian Hamilton, born in Stevenage and died aged 55, was an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League as a midfielder between 1988 and 2002. Hamilton spent four years at Scunthorpe United and six at West Bromwich Albion, as well as having spells shorter ones by Southampton, Cambridge United, Sheffield United, Grimsby Town, Notts County, Lincoln City and Woking

https://www.wba.co.uk/news/ian-hamilton-1967-2023

Uma imagem de Ian Hamilton

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Former Newcastle goalie and current academy director Steve Harper "recovering well" after suffering a brain hemorrhage earlier this week.

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Alberto Ginulfi was born in Rome and was a goalkeeper, playing for 12 seasons (188 games) in Serie A for Italian clubs AS Roma, Hellas Verona FC and ACF Fiorentina, winning titles with Roma.Died at age 81 on 6/sep
He is one of the few goalkeepers who can boast of having saved a penalty from former Brazilian footballer Pelé.

https://www.lance.com.br/fora-de-campo/morre-aos-81-anos-alberto-ginulfi-o-goleiro-que-salvou-o-penalti-de-pele.html

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José Maria Agüero, born in Alajuela and died at the age of 76 on 6/sep, was a Costa Rican football player who played as a defender. He played three games for the Costa Rica national team, was nicknamed "macho" and played his entire career at Alajuelense

https://www.lateja.cr/deportes/fallecio-uno-de-los-mejores-defensores-de-la/BRKVUNTCPZHL3FTCAVO5OMRQME/story/

José María Macho Agüero, Alajuelense

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