2024-06-16 05:18:43
The Soccer Affiliation of Montenegro (FSCG) mentioned Sarkić died out of the blue on Saturday morning, whereas native media reported that he collapsed in his condo in Budva and didn’t get up.
The final time he performed for his nation was on June 5 in a pleasant match in opposition to Belgium, the place the European Championship participant beat Montenegro 2:0.
The Montenegrin Soccer Federation described M. Sarkić as a “beloved member of the nationwide staff” and “a man who’s all the time smiling”.
“His premature loss of life has precipitated nice ache to each the Sarkić household and the soccer group,” the assertion added.
The deceased’s present membership, Millwall, issued an announcement saying that the information was “completely devastating to the staff members”.
Born in Grimsby, M. Sarkičius began his profession as a footballer within the kids and youth groups of Anderlecht in Belgium, after which he moved to England and joined the Birmingham Aston Villa membership system.
He had mortgage spells with Wigan, Stratford City, Havant & Waterlooville and Livingston earlier than transferring to Wolverhampton within the 2020s.
“Matija joined our academy in 2015 and spent 5 years on the membership, throughout which period he made his debut within the Montenegrin nationwide staff, and left in the summertime of 2020. The ideas and sympathies of all members of the membership are together with his household and buddies at this extraordinarily unhappy time,” Aston Villa mentioned in an announcement.
2024-06-16 05:18:43