Former Burkina Faso international, Ben Idrissa Derme, on Monday died during a French Cup tie involving his team, amateur side AJ Big...
Former Burkina
Faso international, Ben Idrissa Derme, on Monday died during a French
Cup tie involving his team, amateur side AJ Biguglia.
The
34-year-old suffered a heart attack early in the second half of the
third-round tie while playing for the French sixth-division side.
The
News Agency of Nigeria reports that the available medical services
personnel treated him on the pitch but were unable to revive him.
Derme
had been capped four times by Burkina Faso and had played in the French
lower leagues and in Moldova, as well as in Burkina Faso.
