The fateful death of Adel Santana Mendy has completely devastated French football and world sport in general, after learning that two shots took the life of the barely 22-year-old footballer who had played for Aubagne FC, of the French Fourth Division since mid- of 2022.
Even without clearly knowing how the events occurred, the local media BFM TV He asserted that the young man was shot twice in the 14th district of Marseille and although the doctors quickly helped him to try to revive him, the places where the bullets lodged did not allow him to be revived. It should be noted that as no less information, the police found 27 7.62 mm cartridge casings.
Along with these first details, it was also known that the footballer in that same place received some blows to his body, but it is also unknown who could have caused them. Under this scenario, The club Mendy was a part of spoke during the last hours of this Saturday, December 24, confirming the fateful news.
“It is with great sadness that the AFC learned of the tragic demise of Adel Santana Mendy. He will leave a great void and will forever remain one of us. All our thoughts and condolences go to his family, ”they wrote on their social networks and accompanied the message with a photo of the deceased footballer in the field.
The deceased footballer’s career began in the youth academy Olympique de Marseille with the club’s Under-19 since 2016, later, he was part of a subsidiary of the same club. By 2018 his journey through the French team ended and he continued his career at Sant Julia in Andorra. The English regional league was also part of his sporting history, being part of the Langney Wanderers and Eastbourne clubs. He currently played for Aubagne FC, managing to reach 11 games played this season.
another unfortunate case
The Israeli Army, according to Jerusalem media, entered the city of Nablus, in the northern West Bank, to accompany a group of people who were going to pray at the Tomb of the Biblical Patriarch Joseph, considered sacred by Jews, Muslims and Christians. .
Apparently, the clash occurred when the uniformed officers clashed with young people from the area who were trying to block their way. The members of the army launched gas, explosive devices and fired at the protesters, responding to the attacks with weapons they received from them, according to what they declared.
According to the official news agency He died, Ahmad Atef Daraghma, a 23-year-old soccer player who was born in the city of Tubas, in the northern West Bank and who played for the Thaqafi football club of Tulkarem, died in the crossfire. Unfortunately, the player was hit by bullets in the back and feet. Six more people were also shot.
The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli army fire in the occupied territories since the beginning of 2022 exceeds 200 people.
The International Federation of Professional Soccer Players, known as FIFPRO, an organization that represents 65,000 professional players worldwide, regretted what happened in an official trill.
“Our condolences to the family, friends and teammates of Palestinian footballer Ahmad Atef Daragmah (23), who was shot and tragically died this week in Nablus. Rest in peace Ahmed.”, they wrote.
In Nablus, there is the Palestinian armed resistance. Ahmed Atef Daraghmeh was the promise of the Thaqafi Tulkarem football club, he was even the scorer in the Palestinian professional league 2022/2023.
Sabah Sabah, the club’s technical director, sadly referred to the loss of one of his coaches who had also scored six goals so far.
“The world honors soccer players and celebrates them on international occasions.and in Palestine the Israeli occupation forces kill them,” said the coach.
The deputy secretary general of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, Abd al-Salam Haniyeh, also expressed rejection and asked Fifa to come forward in the war that kills athletes.