The midfielder collapsed at a training Tuesday morning, his soccer club announced in a statement.
A professional soccer player in South Africa died on Tuesday after collapsing during a morning training session, the Richards Bay Football Club said in a statement.
The club, which runs the KwaZulu-Natal soccer team where the athlete played for the last three years, announced his death in a message shared toon Tuesday. Siphamandla"Spepe" Mtolo was a midfielder for the team, which competed in the South African Premiere Division, the country's top soccer league. "It is with deep sadness to announce that Richards Bay Football Club has untimely lost one of the midfielder, Siphamandla 'Spepe' Mtolo," the Richards Bay Football Club said in the announcement."He collapsed this morning during training. The club is not in a position to provide further information at this stage and ask that his family's privacy is respected in this difficult time of bereavement.
"His presence both on and off the pitch will be solely [sic] missed," the club wrote."Thoughts and prayers of everyone in Richards Bay Football Club are with his family, friends and loved ones." Official Statement regarding the passing of our player, 𝗦𝗶𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗮"𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗽𝗲" 𝗠𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗼.
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