Fall from eleventh floor: professional soccer player dies at just 28!

Hangzhou (China) - Deadly drama surrounding Aaron Boupendza (28)! The Gabonese professional footballer has apparently died at the age of just 28.

Gabon's professional footballer Aaron Boupendza (28) is probably dead. (archive picture)
Gabon's professional footballer Aaron Boupendza (28) is probably dead. (archive picture)  © Kenzo Tribouillard / AFP

According to several media reports, his body was found near a high-rise building in western China. There is no more precise information on the cause of death.

According to initial information, the 28-year-old died after falling from the eleventh floor of a building, reported the Romanian online portal "Redactia.ro", among others, citing official sources.

However, the possibility that the death was caused by someone else cannot be ruled out at present.

There has been no official confirmation of the death so far, neither from circles close to him nor from his club.

Aaron Boupendza was absent from training recently

At the end of January this year, the 35-time international transferred from Romanian capital club Rapid Bucharest to Chinese first division club Zhejiang Professional FC for a fee of 800,000 euros.

According to sources close to the club from the metropolis of Hangzhou, he was absent from the last training session for no stated reason. Club officials had tried in vain to reach him.

The attacker had previously played for teams such as Hatayspor in Turkey, MLS club FC Cincinnati and Qatar's Al-Arabi Doha.

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