Modeste M’bami Former Cameroonian international footballer died on Saturday at the age of 40 following a heart attack.
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Modeste M’bami, former midfielder of the Indomitable Lions died on Saturday January 7 following a heart attack in Havre, France.
In a press release, his former club, Paris Saint-Germain paid him a vibrant tribute.
The club of the French capital also offered its condolences to the families and relatives of the footballer.
Modeste Mbami has just left us, at the age of 40, after succumbing to a heart attack. The Cameroonian midfielder joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2003, after wearing the colors of the Kadji Sport Academy, then Dynamo Douala in Cameroon. M’Bami made a name for himself at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney with the golden goal in the quarter-finals against the big favorite, Ronaldinho’s Brazil.
Sedan and France welcome this ambitious 18-year-old hopeful, who joins Paris after 3 seasons in the Ardennes In Paris, M’Bami established himself as a basic element of the Parisian eleven, with which he won two Coupes de France (2004 and 2006). After a long absence following a serious injury against CSKA Moscow, December 7, 2004. He started again in 2005-2006, for his third season in the capital, then chose to leave Paris and OM hired him.
3 years in Marseille, then Spain (Almeria), China (Dalian Aerbin, Changchun Yatai), Saudi Arabia (Al-Ittihad, Al Fateh) and Colombia, at Millonarios FC (2014), before returning to France, at Le Havre in Ligue 2. He then put an end to his career as a professional player in 2016, at the age of 35. Back in Cameroon, he organized recruitment days for young footballers in Africa, then returned to France in Le Havre, where he tragically died on Saturday January 7. Paris Saint-Germain sends its condolences to his family and loved ones.