Shetemi Ayetigbo, a 16
year old Nigerian midfielder who plays for Belvedere Football Club in Dublin,
Ireland slumped and died while playing in a league match at the St Kevin’s Boys
Football grounds yesterday May 31st.
An eyewitness while
narrating what happened to Mirror UK, said Shetemi suddenly slumped and died
while playing with his mates.
“There was no incident, any attack. The
young lad was playing, and he just dropped on the pitch. It was around 25 to 30
minutes into the game. A number of people rushed to his side straight away to
give him first aid, as there was a defibrillator at the grounds. An ambulance
came, and paramedics tried to treat him there. But he couldn’t be saved. They
then took his body to the hospital. The match was cancelled.
Everyone
was in shock. The young players, staff, and supporters had never witnessed
anything like that on a football pitch. There were a good few people watching
the match because it was the last game of the season.”.
His football club,
Belvedere Football Club released a statement in which they confirmed the death
of Shetemi who was fondly called Shay by his fellow teammates.
“Belvedere Football Club is mourning the
death of one of our U16 players who tragically collapsed while playing for the
club [yesterday]. While all of our members are in deep shock, our thoughts and
prayers are with his family at this tragic time. We ask that the privacy of the
family be respected as the club supports them in grieving their boy.”
Meanwhile his friends have taken to his
facebook page, expressing their sadness over his demise One of his friends,
Gabriel Okuribido wrote “RIP Shetemi. Know you like two years now, you were
sick at football. Hope you have a great send off, I’ll definitely be going.
Miss you bro.”
Another one Andrew Finni wrote: “Imagine a
man died playing the sport he loved and he was our age. That actually shows you
can lose your life at anytime, value your life, family and friends while
they’re still here cause we’re not going to be here forever. It doesn’t give
you an excuse to go out and do every drug you can get and head to all the
sessions you hear of, means nothing on your deathbed because if a healthy
athlete died, doesn’t mean you can’t lose your life either.”
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