Former PSG footballer and Olympic champion Modeste M'Bami dies aged 40 after a heart attack

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Former Paris-Saint-Germain and Cameroon midfielder Modeste M’Bami has died aged 40 aft suffering a bosom attack, PSG said successful a statement connected Saturday.

M’Bami won 2 Coupes de France with the Parisian club, successful 2004 and 2006, arsenic good arsenic an Olympic golden medal with Cameroon astatine the 2000 Sydney Games.

At those Olympics, M’Bami secured his spot wrong Cameroonian footballing past arsenic helium scored a “golden goal” successful other clip to seal the Indomitable Lions’ triumph implicit Ronaldinho’s Brazil successful the quarterfinals.

After opening his vocation astatine Académie Kadji Sport, followed by Dynamo Douala successful Cameroon, M’Bami joined PSG successful 2003 wherever helium stayed for 3 seasons.

He past spent 3 seasons astatine French broadside Olympique de Marseille, which was among those paying tribute to the Cameroonian, expressing its “great sadness.”

Tributes flooded successful from each corners of the footballing world, including from erstwhile teammates and FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

“Such bittersweet news,” Infantino said successful an Instagram communicative underneath a achromatic and achromatic photograph of M’bami. “RIP Modeste M’bami.”

His Cameroonian teammate George Elokobi said connected Twitter, “Devastating news. RIP my person Modeste Mbami, gone excessively soon. Thank you for your lukewarm invited and a bully roommate.”

“My sincerest condolences and prayers spell retired to your household and friends. Thank you for each your contributions to the Cameroon National Team.”

As good arsenic his clip astatine French clubs, M’Bami spent clip playing astatine clubs successful Spain, China, Saudi Arabia and Colombia earlier helium returned to France to extremity his playing vocation astatine Le Havre successful Ligue 2.

After retiring astatine the property of 35, helium went backmost to Cameroon and organized recruitment days for footballers successful Africa.

“We are profoundly saddened to perceive the passing of the erstwhile Cameroonian footballer Modeste M’bami,” the Confederation of African Football said connected Twitter.

“All our condolences and thoughts spell to his household and friends astatine this hard time. May helium Rest In Peace.”