English club Brighton announced yesterday the retirement of their Zambian star Enoch Mwebo due to a heart attack, with the club saying in an official statement that the midfielder’s condition, which could worsen over time, puts him at very high risk. potential heart disease, and if he continued to play in football competitions.
The Zambian international has fallen ill while traveling for the national team during the international break and now, after more testing, Brighton says the midfielder has been asked to stop playing.
For its part, the English network ‘Sussex Live’ reported that the Zambian player contracted the disease last September and after a period in a hospital in Mali, he returned to his club to undergo further heart examinations and ongoing care, and these tests came to a conclusion. that his illness was caused by a genetic heart condition that later appears on the 24-year-old, he was told that the only option for his own safety was to stop playing football.
Mwebo joined Brighton in the summer of 2021 for €23m from Salzburg, Austria.
