Former Ivory Coast defender, Souleymane Bamba, popularly known as Sol Bamba, who played in the English Premier League (EPL) has died, aged 39, in Turkey.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Turkish club, Adanaspor A.S., where Sol Bamba was technical director, announced the death of the Ivorian on Saturday.
“Our Technical Director Souleymane Bamba, who fell ill before the Manisa Football Club match played yesterday, was taken to Manisa Celal Bayar University Hospital and unfortunately lost his battle for life there. Our condolences to his family and our community,” a statement by Adanaspor reads.
Bamba played for Cardiff City, Leeds United and Leicester City. He also had spells with Italian side Palermo, Scottish clubs Dunfermline Athletic and Hibernian, and Turkish side Trabzonspor.
Sol Bamba made 46 appearances for Ivory Coast, scoring one goal. After his retirement in 2022, Bamba switched to coaching and took up the role of an assistant manager for his former club Cardiff, before moving to Adanaspor.
Bamba was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2021, but was declared cancer-free after a course of chemotherapy.