Sad day as African football star dies in Paris after battle against heartbreaking disease

- Kor Daba Sarr, former Senegalese football star has died at the age of 43

- Sarr was said to have gone blind for some time before he passed on in an hospital in Paris

- He scored 20 goals in 80 games for the French club before he left them

Senegalese football star Kor Daba Sarr who played for French club Caen between 2002-2005 is dead after a reported blinding 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.

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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.

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.

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