Senegalese football star Kor Daba Sarr who played for French club Caen between 2002-2005 is dead after a reported blind disease which kept him from the public for some years. The deceased scored 20 goals in 80 games for the Stade Malherbe Caen in the space of three seasons before he left the French club. According to a social media post by BBC reporter Shina Okeleji, Kor Daba Sarr died at the age of 43 in an hospital in Paris.
Kor Sarr played two full seasons at Malherbe, the time of Ligue 2, and contributed to the rise of the Norman club in the elite in 2004. It was four years ago that Kor Sarr put an end to his football career because of repeated physical glitches. He then turned to be a coach where he managed the U18 of Ouistreham club with which he still made some frees on the field.
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#Senegal’s Kor Sarr has died at the age of 43, following a short illness.
He played for French club Caen between 2002-2005, scored v PSG in 2004.
As a coach he managed AS Pikine (2008-09) & ASC Diaraf (2009-10).
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Sarr also managed AS Pikine between 2008-09 and ASC Diaraf 2009-10 and won the Senegal Cup as the head of Diaraf Dakar. Earlier, Legit.ng had reported how a Nigerian footballer named Ekundayo Ebenezer Mawoyeka died after suffering an heart attack during a match on Sunday, November 4, 2018 in Turkey.
According to the report, the 23-year-old striker who played for amateur club Sarayköyspor, suddenly collapsed in the 35th minute in a match against Yeşilköyspor at the Servergazi Stadium. Ekundayo was quickly rushed to the hospital by people around the stadium where he later gave up the ghost.