Cameroon striker Ebosse dead after hitby object

African football must not become a “breeding
ground for hoolignanism”, CAF president Issa
Hayatou warned Sunday after Cameroonian striker
Albert Ebosse died when he was hit by a projectile
during an Algerian league match.
Ebosse, 24, had scored the lone goal for his club
JS Kabylie in a home match in what turned out to
be a 2-1 defeat against USM Alger, on the second
day of the Algerian championship.
The Cameroon forward was hit by an object thrown
from the stands following his team’s loss and was
declared dead after he was rushed to a hospital at
Tizi Ouzou, east of the capital Algiers, where the
match took place.
Fans had started throwing objects from the stands
inside the Tizi Ouzou stadium after the match as
the players were returning to their changing room.
Hayatou, president of the Confederation of African
Football (CAF, the sport’s governing body on the
continent), expressed his condolences.
“My thoughts go out to the family and friends of
this young man who enjoyed his job peacefully and
went further to pursue his passion for football
abroad,” Hayatou said in a statement.
Hayatou cautioned that “African football cannot be
the breeding ground for hooliganism whatsoever”.
“We expect exemplary sanctions to be taken
against this grave act of violence. Violence has no
place in African football in particular and sports in
general.
“We remain resolute and state in the strongest
terms our determination to eradicate all forms of
violence and unsportsmanlike conduct in stadiums
on the continent.”
Ebosse joined JS Kabylie in 2013 and was top
scorer in the 2013-2014 Algerian championship.
The Algerian interior ministry ordered an
investigation to search for the culprit.
The Algerian National Professional League also
ordered the Tizi Ouzou stadium shut and called an
extraordinary board meeting on Monday to
investigate the incident.
Also present will be officials from JS Kabylie, the
match referees and the match commissioner.
League president Mahfoud Kerbadj, who was
present at the game, called the death a
“catastrophe for national football”.
“Something unfortunate cost the life of a young
player who, in the space of one season, won the
hearts of thousands of Algerians in all stadiums in
Algeria,” Kerbadj said.
“Talented, as his record as top goal scorer in the
2013/14 season attests, he was also much
admired by his teammates and opponents for his
big human qualities.”
Ebosse, 24, had scored the lone goal for his club
JS Kabylie in a home match in what turned out to
be a 2-1 defeat against USM Alger, on the second
day of the Algerian championship.
The Cameroon forward was hit by an object thrown
from the stands following his team’s loss and was
declared dead after he was rushed to a hospital at
Tizi Ouzou, east of the capital Algiers, where the
match took place.
Fans had started throwing objects from the stands
inside the Tizi Ouzou stadium after the match as
the players were returning to their changing room.
Hayatou, president of the Confederation of African
Football (CAF, the sport’s governing body on the
continent), expressed his condolences.
“My thoughts go out to the family and friends of
this young man who enjoyed his job peacefully and
went further to pursue his passion for football
abroad,” Hayatou said in a statement.
Hayatou cautioned that “African football cannot be
the breeding ground for hooliganism whatsoever”.
“We expect exemplary sanctions to be taken
against this grave act of violence. Violence has no
place in African football in particular and sports in
general.
“We remain resolute and state in the strongest
terms our determination to eradicate all forms of
violence and unsportsmanlike conduct in stadiums
on the continent.”
Ebosse joined JS Kabylie in 2013 and was top
scorer in the 2013-2014 Algerian championship.
The Algerian interior ministry ordered an
investigation to search for the culprit.
The Algerian National Professional League also
ordered the Tizi Ouzou stadium shut and called an
extraordinary board meeting on Monday to
investigate the incident.
Also present will be officials from JS Kabylie, the
match referees and the match commissioner.
League president Mahfoud Kerbadj, who was
present at the game, called the death a
“catastrophe for national football”.
“Something unfortunate cost the life of a young
player who, in the space of one season, won the
hearts of thousands of Algerians in all stadiums in
Algeria,” Kerbadj said.
“Talented, as his record as top goal scorer in the
2013/14 season attests, he was also much
admired by his teammates and opponents for his
big human qualities.”