Goalkeeper of
Gambia
's national women's football team
Fatim Jawara
had drowned in the
Mediterranean
while crossing from
Libya
to Europe.
The 19-year-old is reported to be among the dead in a boat accident on the Mediterranean last week. The
Gambia Football Federation
(GFF) in a release confirmed the death of the player with
GFF
president
Lamin Kaba Bajo
extending condolences to the bereaved family.
“I received the news today (yesterday) and it has really shocked me. The young girl was on the move for greener pastures but the way she died is just shocking and sympathetic. We at the GFF are very sad about the development and on behalf of the Football Federation, I want to send our condolences to the family of the girl and her former club Red Scorpions” Bajo said.
The 19-year old was a member of the Gambian squad that qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Azerbaijan in 2012 and also featured for local side, Red Scorpions.
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