Nigerian defender David Oniya collapsed on the pitch and died after playing just a few minutes of a local friendly in Malaysia on Saturday.
Oniya, 30, went down about three minutes into the game for T-Team and was pronounced dead at hospital around half-an-hour later, the club’s chief executive told The Star newspaper.
CEO Syahrizan Mohd Zain said Oniya, who was in his first season with second-tier T-Team, had barely touched the ball in the friendly with Super League side Kelantan in Kota Bharu.
“There was no hard running and it was a slow tempo match. It’s only a friendly game,” Syahrizan was quoted as saying.
“The match was called off in the 60th minute when we received a call from the hospital that Oniya had died.”
RIP
