Former Ghanaian Ex-Intertional, Raphael Dwamena, has lost his life while playing for his club, FK Egnatia in the Albanian Superliga on 11 November, 2023.
The 28-year-old Ghanaian player dies after tragically collapsing during an Albanian Superliga game between FK Egnatia and KF Partizani. All efforts to revive him by medical emergency personnel on the scene prove abortive. Medical reports reveals, Rapheal was playing with a heart implantable Cardioverter-Defilbrililator, a complication that made Doctors to advise the promising striker to retire in 2021. For the passion of the game, Raphael ignored the medic advice and continue playing till Saturday when he lost his life.
The former Red Bull Salzburg academy player, who won nine caps for Ghana between 2017 and 2018, was stretchered off the field midway into the second and despite attempts to resuscitate him, he was later pronounced dead.
According to DW TV ," Dwamena's career was held back by a heart condition that was first diagnosed in 2017. In that year, a move to Premier League club Brighton that would have been worth €11.4 million fell through when he failed a medical exam based on his heart issues."
"Dwamena didn't heed the calls and, in 2023, looked to Albanian Superliga club FK Egnatia to restart his blighted career. Things had been looking up for the talented striker, who had scored 20 times in 28 games, firing his club to the top of the table."
Raphael started his international career with Ghana in 2017, when he was call up to be a part of the 30-man squad for the 2017 African Cup of Nations, but çould not made the 23-man squad. Dwamena made his international debut on 11 June 2017 in an African Cup of Nations qualifier against Ethiopia, where he scored a brace to mark the new era of youngsters being introduced into the national team. He played eight more matches for Ghana, before he was permanently dropped from the team. Up to his death, he was playing for Albanian Superliga club FK Egnatia.
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