Sol Bamba 💔😢😭⚽Former Ivory Coast defender passed away aged 39.💔

San bomba January 13th 1985 to August 31st 2024 known as Soul bomba was a professional football player and manager as a player he was a center back born in France he played for the Ivory Coast National Team bomba started his career in his native France with Paris St Germain but failed to establish himself in their first team he moved to Scotland to join dun firland atle in 2006 helping the club reach the final of the Scottish Cup in his first season two years later he was transferred to hyeran before joining English side Leicester city in January 2011 bomo was sold to Turkish Club trapson spur in 2012 for £750,000 before joining poo however he was loaned to leads United after making only one appearance in 6 months he eventually joined leads on a permanent deal and was appointed Club Captain spending a further year with the club before being released and subsequently joining Cardiff City in his first full season with Cardiff he helped the side win promotion to the Premier League born in France to ivorian parents bomber represented Ivory Coast in the 2008 Olympic Games and became a regular for the senior National side until his most recent cap in 2014 in 201 12 he was part of the side that reached the final of the Africa Cup of Nations Club career at Paris St Germain bomo began his career with Le one Club Paris St Germain PSG at the age of 11 he had been spotted by Club Scouts playing street football in Paris but had initially turned the club down as his mother hoped for him to become a doctor do he lived with his parents Sera and bakery bomba in IV cers a suburb in central Paris since his family could not afford the travel to the club's training facilities outside the city he moved away from his family home to instead live at the club's Academy originally playing as a defensive midfielder he converted to playing as a central Defender at the age of 15 after impressing there as cover for a teammate who had missed a match due to being stuck in traffic despite impressing for psg's Youth and B Teams he only appeared in two first team games in his final year at the club at the age of 21 dot dissatisfied with his lack of appearances bomba asked to be sent out on loan to gain experience but was denied by manager vahid halel hajic causing bomba to reject psg's offer of a new contract and subsequently leave the club he later claimed that PSG had damaged potential transfers to other French sides after he left the club stating I was disappointed because my club said HEK a good player but he's a tough guy he doesn't listen and he can get the team into trouble dun Ferlin athletic after an initial trial period bomba signed for Scottish Premier League side dun ferland athletic in July 2006 on a 2-year contract dot Jim Lehman later revealed that he had been intending to bring over another player from France on trial but this deal fell through and bom's agent sent him instead Lehman was immediately impressed by boma's physique and his performance as a trialist during a preseason friendly against West bramwit albian Striker John harson he made his competitive debut for the club in dun ferland's opening League match of the season a 2 to1 defeat to hars on December 2nd 2006 bomo was sent off for the first time in his professional career after pushing Steven nay Smith in the chest during a 5 to1 defeat to kill marnik in his first season at the club bomo was part of the squad that reached the 2007 Scottish Cup Final and played in a 1 to Zer defeat to Celtic in the final however the club also suffered relegation from the Scottish Premier League after a 7-year spell in the division bomba signed a 2-year contract extension at the start of the 20078 season the extension brought an end to rumors of his desire to leave the club in order to play at a higher level and further his chances of breaking into the Ivory Coast National side having not played in any of dun ferland's preseason matches bomba was allowed to go on trial with championship side Watford in July 2008 appearing in a friendly for them against boram wood soon afterwards manager Jim McIntyre said he expected a fee to be agreed between dun Ferlin and Watford which would allow bomber to move to the championship side the deal was thought to be almost complete with Watford sending a doctor to China where bomba had traveled with the Ivory Coast Olympic Squad to conduct his medical however Watford later pulled out for unknown reasons a few weeks later dun Ferlin accepted offers of 50,000 for bomba to move to either hyeran and motherwell keeping him in the Scottish Premier League at hyeran bomba chose to move to hyeran signing a three-year contract with the club as part of the transfer deal dun Ferlin were due 10% of any future transfer fee he was sent off on his debut for a second bookable offense against dunde United but bomba subsequently established himself in the hibs first team despite being a natural Center back manager mapat linan praised boma's performance as a defensive midfielder during a two to0 win over Celtic in December 2008 pot linan commented further that he believed bomba had improved as a player since his spell at dun Ferlin with him no longer going to ground when making a challenge and described him as possessing tremendous pace and physical presence bomba quickly became a popular player with the hibs support due to his tough and committed tackling in this new role following pot Lan's departure new manager John Hughes moved bomba back to a central defensive role after the departure of Rob Jones in the 2009 season in his second match in this position bomba scored his first ever professional goal in a 3 to1 win against faler on August second heading in from a John ranking Corner coincidentally he scored his second goal for the club at the same ground against the same team and in another 3 to1 win on March 27th the Edinburgh Evening News reported on May 8th 2010 that boma's performances had not gone unnoticed with Scouts from Fulham and renue to watch bomba venor and Erikson the new manager of the ivorian national team was also due to watch Bomba ahead of the 2010 World Cup but was not spotted at the last game played by hibs in the 2009-10 season bomba angered manager John Hughes when he failed to report for a preseason tour of the Netherlands in July 2010 bomber responded angrily to the criticism by claiming that he needed a full 3 weeks off after returning from the World Cup and had attempted to contact both Hughes and H hernan's chairman to discuss the situation but Hughes dropped bomble from the the first team squad when he eventually returned to Edinburgh bomo was made to train with the club's youth team on his return but was recalled for the second leg of a UEFA Europa League tie with enk marbor at Easter road which hibs lost 3-2 on the night and 6 to2 on aggregate following the incident manager Hughes stated his desire for the situation to be forgotten during his time with hibs he made 80 appearances in all competitions scoring four times at leester city with bom's contract with hibs due to expire at the end of the 2010 to 11 season the club agreed on a deal with football league championship Club leester City for his transfer the deal was confirmed on January 2nd 2011 with bomba joining for an undisclosed fee Midway through the season although sources placed the figure around £250,000 with hivs also due to receive a percentage of any future transfer fee he was reunited at Lester with his former Ivory Coast manager Sven Goran Erikson he made his debut for the club in a 2-2 draw against Manchester City on January 9th in the third round of the fup scoring with his first touch of the ball he scored his first two League goals in a 4-2 win over mil wall on January 22nd after speculation linking him with several Premier League sides including Blackburn Rovers and French side Marse during the 2011 summer transfer window bomba signed a new contract with Lester in September 2011 during negotiations Ericson compared bomba style of play to that of former German international player France Becken Bower Blackburn manager Steve Keane had claimed that the two clubs had made a bid for bomba and described the move as being quite close to being completed after Erikson was replaced by Nigel Pearson as Lester manager bombo played less regularly particularly after January when the club signed Wes Morgan and bombo missed a month to play in the African Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast in his 17 months at the club in total he played 55 games for the club in all competitions scoring four goals he later expressed his regret at leaving the club stating his belief in Pearson's ability to help them win promotion to the Premier League at traben Spur bomba signed for Turkish Club trener in June 2012 for a fee of £750,000 after being recommended to the club by his International teammate did zakura he made his debut for the club on August 26th 2012 playing the full 90 minutes in a 2 to0 victory at home to Al ziger he only made 18 appearances during his first season at the club missing a proportion of fixtures in December and January in part because because he was away with Ivory Coast as they qualified for the 2013 African Cup of Nations during the 2013 to4 season bombo made 15 appearances for trabs and spur in the first half of the Season including being a regular starter in their Europa League campaign however on January 22nd 2014 he picked up an ankle injury which ruled him out for the majority of the latter part of the season bomo was not elected to play for transener again after suffering the injury however he recovered in time to play for Ivory Coast at the 2014 FIFA World Cup at palmo on August 26th 2014 after having been released by traben spur bomba agreed a three-year deal with newly promoted Sera a club palmo he made his palmo debut on September 24th 2014 when he started the match for poo in a 3 to3 draw against napoi however he made no further appearances for the club after leaving the club he expressed his confusion over not playing more for poo commenting the manager would say you're not far off keep doing what you're doing and you'll be playing well after 1 month then two three and four you start to get worried at leades United on January 23rd 2015 less than 6 months into his palmo contract bomo was loan to Championship side leads United for the remainder of the season with the possibility of making the transfer permanent at a later date he made his debut for leads in a 2 to1 West Yorkshire derby win over hutter's field town a week later less than a month after joining the side bomo was named captain for three games in place of Liam Cooper in particular he served as Captain when Leeds beat the then League leaders Middlesboro one to0 with bomba receiving praise for his performance bomba scored his first goal for leads against Fulham in a 3 to0 away victory in March after impressing during his time at leads bomber revealed his desire to join the club on a permanent basis however he was also outspoken towards the club's owner Massimo seleno advising the person in charge has to do better for the sake of the club and the supporters dot in June leads arranged with bombas Club poo to sign him on a permanent basis for an undisclosed fee the deal was for 2 years with the option for a third year new leads United head coach UI Rosel described bomba as a match winner in both boxes and said that he brings fantastic qualities with him and he can be a leader by himself for the young team he is working with in the off season bomba was appointed captain of leads by head coach UI Rosel taking over from previous Captain Liam Cooper bomber received the man of the match award in a one-o-one draw against Burnley in the league on the opening day of the Season bomba scored a stunning longrange volley against wolver Hampton Wanderers in a 2 to1 win late in the season at the end of the 2015-6 season bomo was again critical of lead's owner seleno calling on him to put promises to action he revealed the players were unaware if head coach Steve Evans would be retained for The Following 2016-17 season that the players were unaware of when to return for preseason training and they were told they would find out by text when seleno had made a decision nonetheless new head coach Gary monk announced bomba would remain as lead's captain for the 2016-17 season on August 7th bomba scored an own goal against Queens Park Rangers in a 3 to0 defeat in The Opening match of the season and was subsequently dropped from the side falling behind Kyle Bartley Liam Cooper and pontis jansson in the pecking order on September 1st 2016 bomba despite being lead's Captain was released by the club his contract was cancelled by Mutual consent following the close of the transfer window the previous day the decision was made after monk informed him that he would no longer be first choice at the club at Cardiff City following his release bomba trained with Derby County who were managed by his former Lester boss Nigel Pearson but was not offered a deal he instead joined Neil waro at Cardiff City in October 2006 signing a 2-year contract do waro had long been keen on signing bomba at previous clubs and had contacted him a month before the move when both were without a club and urged him to wait for war kno's appointment at a new club to join him there he made his debut for the club in a Severide derby match against Bristol City on October 14th scoring the winning goal as the bluebirds won two to one his performances for Cardiff LED manager waro to declare that I wouldn't want anyone else I don't think there's anyone better bomber received his first red card in seven years against I switch toown in December following a scuffle with forward David McGoldrick after receiving the red card bomba clashed with the fourth official before being physically restrained by waro and leaving the pitch his reaction l to a three- match ban in April bomba suffered a groin injury against barnesley which ended his season prematurely bomber returned to the squad at the beginning of the 2017 to8 season helping Cardiff win their three opening games of the season for the first time in their history he signed a new three-year contract on August 25th 2017 following it up by heading in the winner against Queens Park Rangers the next day he went on to help the club win promotion to the Premier League after finishing the season in second place he was ever present in the league appearing in all 46 league matches and was named in the PFA championship team of the year he made his debut in the Premier League in cardiff's first match of the 2018 to19 season a 2 to0 defeat to AFC Bournemouth before scoring his first goal in the top division in a 4 to1 defeat to Chelsea in September 20 2018 bomba scored a further three goals during the season including in wins against Brighton and HOV albian and Southampton having missed only one match during the course of the Season he was ruled out for the remainder of the campaign after rupturing his cruciate knee ligaments in a defeat against wolver Hampton Wanderers on March 5th 2019 in July 2019 it was revealed that bomo would miss the start of the 2019 to20 season due to injury at middlesbor bomba was reunited with former manager Neil warno after joining middlesbor on a one-year contract on August 10th 2021 he made his first start for the club one day later in a 3 to0 defeat away to Blackpool in the carabio cup his first League start came in a 2 to0 defeat away to Coventry City on September 11th 2021 bomo won the Sky bet man of the match award for his performance in a 2 to0 Victory against his former Club Cardiff City on October 23rd 2021 on February 4th 2022 bomba was subbed on in the 28th minute of extra time in Middles Spur's Fu hup tie against Manchester United upon the game going to penalties he took and converted middles Spur's fifth spot kick and ultimately allowed the burough to progress to the fifth round of the tournament for the first time since 2015 bomo was released by The Club at the end of the 2021-22 season International career although born in France bomber represented his parents nation of Ivory Coast he featured in the 2003 FIFA World youth Championship the 2005 African youth championship and the 2008 to loone tournament bomo was part of the Ivory Coast Squad that reached the quarterfinals of the 2008 Olympic games bomo won his first cap at full International level for Ivory Coast in a 2008 friendly match against Israel and his second cap as a late substitute in a friendly against turkey bombo made his competitive debut in a 5 to0 win against Malawi in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying match again as a late substitute this match was played in the aftermath of the hu at bu Arena Stampede which killed dozens of ivorian Spectators bomo became a regular in the national team as they qualified for the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations and the 2010 FIFA World Cup bomba scored his first goal for the team in a friendly against Rwanda as part of the squad's preparation for the 2010 African Cup he played in all of ivory Coast's matches at the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations but the team suffered a quarterfinal defeat to Algeria after extra time the uneasy Central defensive partnership between col Turi and bomo was cited as one of the reasons for their defeat do the tournament had been played in the shadow of the shooting of the Togo team bus however with death threats also being made against the Ivory Coast team manager vahid halel hajek who had worked with bomba at PSG and given him his first appearances at club and international level was sacked after the tournament the new ivorian coach Sven Goran Erikson selected bomba in his provisional 30-man squad for the 2010 World Cup on May 11th bomba scored in Erikson's first match in charge a 2 to2 draw with perig way bomo was selected in the ivory Coast's 23-man World Cup squad but was dropped from the starting lineup with midfielder did zakura chosen to partner with Koo Turi in central defense bomber resumed his partnership with Turi in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations Ivory Coast did not concede a goal during the entire tournament but lost the final against Zambia on a penalty shootout at the 2014 FIFA World Cup bomo played in central defense alongside zakura after Turi contracted malaria in the period before the tournament bomo was booked in the first match which Ivory Coast won 2 to1 against Japan Ivory Coast were eliminated at the group stage after suffering 2 to1 defeats against both Colombia and Greece bomo was called up to the squad for September 10th 2014 fixture against Cameroon however on December 29th 2014 he was a surprising Omission from the Ivory Coast squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations although he had not retired from International Football he did not appear for the side since 2014 coaching career bomo was appointed assistant manager of Cardiff City in January 2023 he left the club in June 2023 after the expiry of his contract he was appointed head coach of Adon ASP in July 2024 who he managed until his death the following month style of play I love defending absolutely love it when I go into a game I set myself a Target I don't want to lose a header anywhere on the pitch sometimes I see Defenders and I ask myself does he actually like defending but I love going into a tackle winning a challenge or a header that's why it's good here because the fans appreciate that in France or in Italy when you do a good defensive tackle they're not bothered but here they like that and that makes me want to defend even more bomba on the art of Defending 2018 chiefly a center back bomo played as a defensive midfielder during his emergence at Paris SG before becoming a center back at age 15 he had sporadically played in the Midfield since then most successfully for migu poot Lin and at hibs Jim Lehman who signed bomba at dun ferland athletic said of his former charge in 2010 he certainly got the physique and he's got the potential to do it but potential sometimes passes You by it's all about going out and doing it he's a great Runner he's as strong as an ox and he's a strong tackler Sky Sports Sor baju in September 2011 said bomba established himself as a rock at the heart of the foxes defense and has produced a level of consistency this year that has simply been outstanding paying tribute to boma's burgeoning reputation as a ball playing Defender sengor and Erikson who managed bomba at Club level for Leicester city and internationally for the Ivory Coast compared the defender with France Beck and Bower Cardiff manager Neil waro regularly told Bomba don't be Beck and Bower just kick or head it when it's on pass it but if it's not on just put it up there and in December 2017 waro branded bomba and fellow Cardiff Center half Shawn Morrison as better than Virgil Van dig boma's favorite players growing up were Lillian thuram and George WEA personal life and death bombo met his English wife Khloe while playing for Lester they had three children together he also had a son called Jackson Shields from a previous relationship with a Scottish woman bomo was multilingual being able to speak English French Italian Turkish and the ivorian dialect that his father used at home in 2021 he was diagnosed with non hodkin lymphoma and began undergoing chemotherapy treatment 4 months later in May 2021 he announced that he was cancer-free on August 30th 2024 bombo fell ill after the Adon aspar match against manisa football club and was rushed into manisa C Al Bayer University hospital he died at the age of 39 in Turkey on August 31st some of his honors at dun ferland athletic Scottish cup runner up 2006 07 at Cardiff City efl Championship Runner up7 17 to8 with Ivory Coast Africa Cup of Nations runner up 2012 at individual level PFA Team of the Year 2017 to8 Championship leads United player of the month August 2015 thank you for 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