BREAKING: Ex-Cardiff City Captain Sol Bamba Passed Away At Age 39—-Ex-Cardiff City Captain and fan favourite defender Sol Bamba has tragically died at the age of 39.
The ex-Ivory Coast international, who also played for Leicester City, Leeds United and Middlesbrough fell ill in Turkey on Friday and was taken to hospital. Turkish top-flight side Adanaspor, the club where Bamba was coaching, confirmed the news of his passing on Saturday evening.
In a statement, Adanaspor said: “Our Technical Director Souleymane Bamba, who fell ill before the Manisa Football Club match played yesterday, was taken to Manisa Celal Bayar University Hospital and unfortunately lost his battle for life there. Our condolences to his family and our community.”
Another of his former clubs, Trabzonspor, added: “We have learned with deep sorrow the passing of Adanaspor Coach Sol Bamba, who wore our jersey between 2012-2014. May God have mercy on him and we offer our condolences to his family and all his loved ones.”
Bamba was an integral part of Neil Warnock’s Cardiff side who earned promotion to the Premier League in 2018, going on to captain the team in the Premier League. The centre-back, who joined the Bluebirds in 2016, made a total of 112 appearances over five seasons.
In January 2021, he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma and four months later he announced that he was cancer-free. He reunited with Warnwock at Middlesbrough later that year.
