Ex-Nigeria international Yisa Sofoluwe has fallen critically ill with a type of brain disease.
It was learnt that the former Super Eagles defender is receiving treatment at Prince and Life Medical Hospital, Ikorodu, Lagos.
The 53-year-old is being treated for mild cerebral atrophy and has been advised to undergo a brain magnetic resonance imaging scan.
According to the ex-international Waidi Akanni, Sofoluwe is now in a coma.
“He’s in a coma now as we speak. He has undergone some tests and the doctors found out that he has some dead tissues in his brain. He needs adequate treatment to recover well,” Akanni told PUNCH.
General secretary of the Professional Players’ Union of Nigeria Emmanuel Babayaro expressed shock at the news, but added that the players union would support the former Abiola Babes star.
“This is news to me, but I will get across to the executive board and we will do what we can to help him,” he said.
Sofoluwe was capped 40 caps for Nigeria’s senior team, with one goal. He was part of the team that 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.
