Cheick Tiote

[albie]

Ex Newcastle man, passed away at 30;
Cheick Tiote: Former Newcastle United midfielder dies after collapsing in training - BBC Sport

RIP.

[Filo]

A lot of African players seem to die early from heart problems

[boro_rover]

Wow. Shocking

[Scooter]

A lot of African players seem to die early from heart problems

I'm glad someone else has spotted that. It seems people are missing the obvious:

Check Tiote, Marc-Vivien Foe, Ugo Ehiogu, Fabrice Muamba (I know he is alive but he did die) I'm sure there are more. Spot the obvious link

[BobG]

Good hit that.

Has anyone got a list of white race players who have collapsed and died in the same time period? 4 coloured guys sounds a lot, but compared to what? What's the respective populations so that a % rate can be worked out? It's only then that you can decide whether or not there is something amiss with the guys from Africa. How long ago was Muamba? 5 years? How long ago was Foe? Lol. Ive just looked it up. He died 14 years ago!

BobG

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I could be way off the mark here but I will place it on the table .

There is players from Africa that seem to have the ages that they claim to be that gets questioned ,basically they are not as young as they are making out to be for whatever reasons.

[southwestexile]

All the same, someone claiming to be 30 isn't going to be over 60

[Filo]

Five of the bottom 7 of this list were African

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_association_footballers_who_died_while_playing

[balbyrover]

Certainly something in the blood it seems... shocking and tragic none the less..
Biggest memory of Tiote is the screamer he scored for NUFC in the 4-4 draw with Arsenal.
RIP-gone too soon.