Nigerian footballer Henry Chinonso Ihelewere died as a result of cardiac arrest while playing a friendly game for his team CS Delta Tulcea against FC Balotesti.
The 21-year-old who was all collapsed after 15 minutes this Sunday.
Ihelewere was taken to hospital but after an hour of of resuscitation attempts and was pronounced dead thereafter .
“What can I say? We’re all shocked,” Universitatea Cluj boss Cristian Dulca, who previously coached the Nigerian, was quoted as saying. “It’s a tragic day for Romanian football.
“I trained him for a year and a half and I can tell you he was a real example in training. He could’ve become a very good player.”
Ihelewere had been playing in Romania since 2007, when he was transferred to FC Farul. He was part of a group of Nigerian players brought to play in Romania’s second division.