Bobsam 'Bob' Elejiko (18 August 1981 – 13 November 2011) was a Nigerian
footballer. He played as a
central defender for several domestic teams between 2000 and 2011 before his death on the field during a football match.
Career
During his career, spent almost exclusively in
Belgium, Elejiko represented
FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen
FSV Wacker 90 Nordhausen is a German association football club from Nordhausen, Thuringia.
The club's greatest success has been promotion to the Regionalliga Nordost in 1995 and 2013. It has also won the Thuringia Cup on three occasions and, ...
,
K.V. Turnhout,
K.V.C. Westerlo,
Royal Antwerp FC,
S.C. Beira-Mar,
K.M.S.K. Deinze
Koninklijke Maatschappij Sportkring Deinze, or KMSK Deinze, is a Belgian football club founded in 1926 based in Deinze, East Flanders. The club colours are orange and black and the team currently plays in the Belgian First Division B, the seco ...
,
K.V. Red Star Waasland
Sportkring Beveren is a professional Belgium, Belgian association football club located in the municipality of Beveren, East Flanders. They play in the Belgian First Division B.
History
The club was founded in 1936 as Red Star and registered to ...
and K. Merksem S.C..
In 2008, he had trials with
FC Carl Zeiss Jena,
Crewe Alexandra,
Gillingham and
RBC Roosendaal, but did not gain a contract with any club.
Death
Elejiko collapsed while playing a fifth-tier match with his team K. Merksem S.C. against F.C. Kaart, a team from
Merksem,
Antwerp
Antwerp (; nl, Antwerpen ; french: Anvers ; es, Amberes) is the largest city in Belgium by area at and the capital of Antwerp Province in the Flemish Region. With a population of 520,504, , on 13 November 2011. Despite resuscitation attempts pitch side, Elejiko was pronounced dead and the match was abandoned. The cause was later determined to be a
traumatic rupture of the
aorta.
References
External links
Voetbal International profile
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1981 births
2011 deaths
Nigerian men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Belgian Pro League players
Challenger Pro League players
KFC Turnhout players
K.V.C. Westerlo players
Royal Antwerp F.C. players
S.C. Beira-Mar players
S.K. Beveren players
Nigerian expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
Association football players who died while playing
K.M.S.K. Deinze players
Sport deaths in Belgium