Sol Bamba, former defender for several famous teams, died from cancer at the age of 39

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Sol Bamba, former defender for several famous teams, died from cancer at the age of 39. Sol Bamba, the former Paris Saint-Germain, Leeds United, Leicester City and Cardiff City centre-half, died at the age of 39 on August 31 after battling prostate cancer, which he had been diagnosed with in 2021.

Sol Bamba, former defender for several famous teams, died from cancer at the age of 39

Adanaspor, the Turkish league team where Bamba worked as technical director. Released a statement about the death. Saying that Bamba, who had been feeling unwell. Before yesterday’s game was rushed to the hospital and unfortunately could not fight the illness.

After the statement was released, the former clubs that he played with mourned the passing of the former Ivory Coast defender.

Born in France, Bamba started his football career at PSG but failed to break into the first สมัคร ufabet team, moving to Dunfermline in Scotland, then Hibernian. After that, he had spells with Leicester in England, Trabzonspor in Turkey, Palermo in Italy, and Leeds United. He then captained Cardiff to promotion to the Premier League in the 2017-18 season and retired with Middlesbrough in 2022.

*He was not called up to the French national team, so he chose to play for Ivory Coast. Where he played 46 matches and scored 1 goal. He was also a runner-up in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.