Aruwa Ameh
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | c. 1991 | ||
Date of death | 28 November 2011 (aged 20) | ||
Place of death | Kaduna, Nigeria | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007 | Kaduna United F.C. | ||
2008–2011 | Bayelsa United F.C. | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Aruwa Ameh (c. 1991 – 28 November 2011) was a Nigerian professional footballer. He last played for Bayelsa United in the Nigeria National League. In 2007 while playing with Kaduna United he was the top scorer in the Nigeria Premier League. Ameh died of paralysis almost a week after being hospitalized for arm pain in 2011 at Kaduna.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Nigerian player dies in hospital after game FoxSports, 29 November 2011
- ^ The Nigerian league’s top scorers’ jinx SuperSport.com, 15 March 2011
Categories:
- 1991 births
- 2011 deaths
- Nigerian footballers
- Kaduna United F.C. players
- Bayelsa United F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Kaduna
- Nigerian Professional Football League players
- Association football forwards
- People with paraplegia
- Neurological disease deaths in Nigeria
- Nigerian football forward stubs