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kobo
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 Posted - 08 May 2012 : 00:16:53
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"IN ONE OF THE DAY" MAY THEIR SOULS R.I.P!
SENEWEB TRANSLATED NEWS AND TRIBUTES;
"LAGOS - The striker Rashidi Yekini, who won the African Nations Cup with Nigeria in 1994, died Friday at age 48 years, announced his fhamily and officials of the Nigeria Football Federation.
According to his family, Rashidi Yekini died at APRI, the center-north of the country, a strange disease.
After his professional debut in the country, he had played in Côte d'Ivoire (1988-90), before moving to Europe in Portugal (Vitoria Setubal), Greece (Olympiakos), Spain (Gijon) and Switzerland (FC Zurich). He finished his career at home, at Gateway FC in 2005.
In 1994, his purpose had qualified Nigeria for its first World Cup. He was named the best African player of the year."
"Forward to race at the Casa, then to Metz, where he was elected top scorer with 23 goals for France, the first Senegalese to accomplish this feat, and well before Mamadou Niang Moussa So, who called Senegal, where he was the Captain, the African Cup of Nations the same year, in 1986, after more than two decades of absence from Senegal to these games, died this afternoon at Metz. A few months ago, he suffered a stroke that had spread the rumor that he had died. Football loses one who was one of the greatest strikers and who was known not to have his tongue in his pocket."
"Jules François Bocandé, born November 25, 1958 in Ziguinchor, Senegal is a former football player, he begins to Casa Sports Club in his hometown where he is outclassed to play and win the Cup final football in Senegal in 1979 against the CSA Diaraf, one of the leading clubs of the capital. It marks the final next opponent in the Casa Sport ASC Jeanne d'Arc, one final story to be played twice. The second encounter was marked by violence: after the referee had missed a penalty by withdrawing the ASC Jeanne d'Arc, Bocandé, then very young, can not contain and is tripped up to the referee. This gesture earned him a lifetime ban in Senegal. A Belgian friend of the family Bocandé then took her to Belgium. In Europe the Senegalese striker played successively in Tournai (Belgium D3) and then in Seraing (Belgium D1) before joining the league of France FC Metz, Paris SG, OGC Nice and RC Lens. In 1985-1986, he finished top scorer with 23 goals for France in the jersey messin. He took part in one of the greatest feats of French football and the European Cup Winners' Cup, qualification FC Metz against FC Barcelona with a 4-1 win over the Catalan lands, after losing the first leg 4-2. Jules Bocandé ended his playing career in Aalst in Belgium in 1993. In 1988 he was invited to the jubilee Roger Milla in friendship true to Roger Milla. In 223 games in D1 French, he scored 69 goals. Jules Bocandé was part of the Senegalese national team. In 1986, he was the key player in the country's qualification for the African Nations Cup football 1986 in Egypt by scoring three goals in Senegal against Zimbabwe (3-0), which enables Senegal to participate the CAN after 18 year absence. He and his team reached the semi-finals of CAN 1990 in Algeria and the quarter-finals of CAN 1992 (organized by Senegal His playing career ended, he became a coach and supports the football team of Senegal that it leads in the quarterfinals of the African Cup of Nations football in 1994. It is now part of the coaching team. he died May 7, 2012 in Metz as a result of an operation surgery."
""I learned the sad news of this great son. I can not imagine that I shall never see
Jules. He's a friend and we had links that went beyond football. He had a heart of gold. I'm really down and depressed. His passing is a big loss for African football in general and Senegal in particular knew that. ""
"Souleymane Jules Diop Testimonials
Small, we called Fanfoo. He was with the neighborhood uncles as Ousmane Ndiaye, Bassirou, Antoine Coly, most gifted, the first to make millions through football. A great lover of Senegal as the Casamance can do. He made us love football and even better, he made us love Senegal, agreeing to wear his jersey again, after his removal in 1980. It has generated enthusiasm throughout the region, driving the Casa-Sports twice in Cup final Senegal, won the first face Jaraaf. And without that we can establish the link, it seems that the frustrations of the final when the referee has to take his penalty miss Baba Toure and radiation Bocandé lifetime, could lead to frustration of an entire region
and indirectly stimulate the reflexes of frustration that led to irredentism. This shows how much we wanted him to. A kindhearted man who knew how to give without counting."
"The government of Senegal will make the tribute he deserves to Jules Francois Bocandé, former Lions captain died Monday in France, announced the Minister of Sports, El Hadj Malick Gackou.'' We had instructions from the Head of State and Prime Minister to take all appropriate arrangements to accompany the family,'' said Mr. Gackou to private radio RFM.
This is a great loss for Senegal, he said stressing that the government has given instructions that the body of the deceased be rapatrié.Pour El Hadj Malick Gackou,'' it is a moral obligation and a duty Republican ' '.'' Personally, I had the best relations with the deceased who called me to congratulate me on my nomination,'' recalled Mr. Gackou about the former coach of the Lions for 54 years Sénégal.Âgé The late Jules Francois Bocandé has suffered a cerebrovascular accident (stroke), last year. Back Care of France, he said recently at the APS, he had recovered well.'' But he had begged, please do not announce that I am back in Senegal, I need to recover.''"
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