An African footballer, Abel Mwakilama died on Friday if suspected cerebral malaria in Portugal, where he had only recently joined a lower league team. He was 18. Mwakilama's manager, Venancio Patrick, was it's thought that the player contacted cerebral malaria while back in Malawi for an under 20 African cup of Nations qualifier against Swaziland three weeks ago.
Patrick said that the Malawi under-20 striker complains of a headache and when he was taken to the hospital in Portugal where he was told he had cerebral malaria, Patrick and the football Association of Malawi said Mwakilama died on Friday in the hospital in Porto.
"It is so shocking, so sad. We are devastating," Football Association of Malawi general secretary Alfred Gunda said.
At age 17, Mwakilama scored 37 goals for Malawian club chitipa United to help it gain promotion to the country's top flight in 2017.
He joined Portuguese team sporting clube De Esmoriz and had scored seven goals in five games. His Malawi under-20 team was due to pay the second leg of it's qualifier against Swaziland on Sunday.
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