Rigobert Song in a coma after suffering stroke
Former Liverpool defender Rigobert Song, 40, the ex-captain of Cameroon's national side, was in a coma Monday after suffering a stroke.
Former Liverpool defender Rigobert Song, 40, the ex-captain of Cameroon's national side, was in a coma Monday after suffering a stroke.
Cameroon's state radio reported that Song, who also played for West Ham United, Metz and Lens in France and Galatasaray in Turkey, was rushed to a nearby hospital from his Yaounde home on Sunday after suffering a cerebral aneurysm. Song was in a coma, the radio reported.
"I wish you lots of courage and a speedy recovery," former Cameroon team-mate Samuel Eto'o said in a Facebook post.
Je te souhaite beaucoup de courage et un prompt rétablissement grand frère #RigobertSong! 💪🏽🙏🏽
Posted by Samuel Eto'o on Sunday, October 2, 2016
Song, capped 137 times, played in four World Cup finals and a record eight African Nations Cups as well as winning Olympic gold in 2000 and is currently the first team coach of the Chad national team.