Gift Atulewa was a member of the Flying Eagles squad that finished second at the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.
Gift Atulewa, the former Flying Eagles player, is dead.
In a chat with TheCable, Azuka Chiemeka, spokesperson for the Delta State Football Association, said the ex-footballer died on Tuesday morning.
Chiemeka said Atulewa died after suffering complications from high blood pressure, which the ex-footballer had been battling for a while.
The DSFA spokesperson added that the ex-footballer’s remains have been taken to the Central Hospital in Warri.
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Atulewa was a member of the Flying Eagles squad that participated in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.
The team, which had Mikel Obi, Chinedu Obasi, and Taiye Taiwo, finished with a silver medal after losing to Lionel Messi’s Argentina in the final.
Atulewa played professional football for Bayelsa United F.C. before moving to Ocean Boys F.C. and Warri Wolves F.C.
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He had recently returned from Cote d’Ivoire, where he earned a coaching certificate.
Atulewa is the third 2005 Flying Eagles squad member who has died over the last two decades.
Olufemi Adebayo died in a car crash in Greece in 2011, and Isaac Promise, the team’s captain, passed away in 2019.
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