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By Ayeotan Shola
Its a sad day in the family of Nigerian defender David Faramola Oniya today as he slumped and died on the pitch after just few minutes into a local friendly in Malaysia on Saturday.
Oniya, 30, went down about three minutes into the game for T-Team and was pronounced dead at hospital around half-an-hour later, the club’s chief executive told The Star newspaper.
“The game had just started for about two or three minutes. Suddenly, he collapsed,” Kelantan player Amiridzwan Taj Tajuddin said when interviewed after the frightening happening.
Everyone was “shocked and sad” over the tragedy, explained Amiridzwan, 29, who had just signed for the club during the March transfer window.