Nigerian football international, Isaac Promise Isaac, is dead.
Promise who captained Nigeria to the 2008 Olympic silver medal died late Wednesday after collapsing at his apartment gym in Austin, Texas,
The news of his Isaac’s death was confirmed on Thursday via the Twitter handle of both the Nigerian football federation and the club he played for Austin Bold FC.
At the time of his death Isaac Promise was aged 31.
Isaac played for seven clubs in Turkey, appearing in more than 350 matches. He spent a season in Saudi Arabia before signing with Austin Bold, where he had three goals in 20 matches this season.
“The greatest loss a team can suffer is not on the scoreboard, it’s the death of a fellow teammate,” Epstein said. “On behalf of the Bold organization, we wish his wife, children and family strength and peace as they struggle to cope with his death.”
