Former Super Eagles defender, Yisa Shofoluwe, died on Tuesday night at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital.
The former Golden Eaglets’ assistant coach, according to close relatives, died of complications from the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic.
The former footballer was aged 53.
He was said to have been diagnosed of COVID-19 as against the brain disease widely reported in some sections of the media.
The late Shofoluwe, also known as Dean of Defence, played 40 matches and scored one goal for Nigeria.
He was a member of the Nigerian side to the Seoul ‘84 Olympics and also featured at 1984 and 1988 AFCON.
Shofoluwe played for Abiola Babes of Abeokuta, and also played professional football in Belgium and was an assistant coach for the Golden Eaglets under Alphonsus Dike.
He was also an assistant coach at Gateway Football Club of Abeokuta.
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