Ex-Super Eagles’ defender , Yisa Sofoluwe, dies at 53Former Super Eagles Defender, Yisa Sofoluwe, is dead. He died yesterday at he Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). He was 53.
According to reports, he had been on admission at the hospital since last Thursday after he was diagnosed with mild cerebral atrophy.
Ex-footballer, Waidi Akanni, broke the news of Sofoluwe’s death late last night.
“Sofoluwe didn’t make it. We tried our best to save him, but unfortunately he has gone to be with the Lord,” Akanni revealed.
Sofoluwe won 40 caps and though a defender, he scored one goal for Nigeria and was a member of the Eagles squad which reached the final of the 1984 and 1988 AFCON tournaments.
At club level, he featured for Ibadan giants, 3SC, between 1982 and 1983, winning the domestic league title, before moving to Abiola Babes, where he spent four seasons and won the FA Cup twice in 1985 and 1987.
