Nigerian Footballer Collapses and dies in Malaysia

Nigerian defender David Oniya collapse and dies few minutes into a friendly match in Malaysia on Saturday.
30 years old Oniya went down 3 minutes into the game for T-Team and pronounce dead half an hour later at the Hospital,the Club Chief Executive told the Star Newspaper.


CEO Syahrizan Mohd Zain said Oniya, who was in his first season with second-tier T-Team, had barely touched the ball in the friendly with Super League side Kelantan in Kota Bharu.
“There was no hard running and it was a slow tempo match. It`s only a friendly game,” Syahrizan was quoted as saying.
“The match was called off in the 60th minute when we received a call from the hospital that Oniya had died.