Former Nigerian footballer, Philip Osondu is dead. It was learnt that the 48 year old died in a Belgium hospital moments after arriving for a check up
Osondu is said to have felt unwell for some time at work and checked into a hospital where he subsequently died on Thursday, December 12, 2019
Until his death, Osondu played regularly for the youth teams of Nigeria, but never reached the first team.
In 1987 he participated in the World U-16 tournament in Canada. Nigeria reached the final, but then lost on penalties to the Soviet Union. He got the World Cup Golden Ball as best player of the tournament.
May his soul rest in perfect peace