Malawi youth striker Mwakilama dies in Portugal

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Lilongwe, Malawi, April 22 (Infosplusgabon) - Malawian youth international footballer, Abel Mwakilama, died on Friday in Portugal of suspected cerebral malaria.

 

The General Secretary of Football Association of Malawi (FAM), Alfred Gunda, confirmed the death of the striker, who plays for Portuguese lower league side, Sporting Clube de Esmoriz, to CAFonline.com. “We are so shocked and saddened,” Gunda said.

 

Mwakilama single-handedly steered Chitipa United to Malawi’s top-flight TNM Super League in 2017 after scoring over 35 goals in 2016.

 

He also represented the junior national team at the regional 2016 COSAFA Championship in South Africa. In Portugal, he scored seven goals in five games for Esmoriz.

 

 

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