Former Arsenal striker Benneck Avobi has announced the death of his two-year-old daughter due to a severe infection.

The bereaved player explained how he rushed his daughter "Amora" to the hospital, but she died of health complications. The doctors did everything they could but failed to save her.

"Our first two-year-old girl, Aroma, has died. Things have been taken to hospital after an unexpected deterioration in her health," said 26-year-old Avobi, who is currently playing for Bristol City on loan from Stoke City. Serious because of her acute infection. "

All the best to the family, can't imagine anything worse #BenikAfobe pic.twitter.com/PueVbyCRQV

- Joe (@joeph__) December 1, 2019

The Congolese striker started at Arsenal Academy and moved to Wolverhampton and then to Stoke City, who loaned him to Bristol City this summer.

But the player, who has scored three goals in five games for the team, will be out of action until the end of the season because of an injury sustained during his team's training.

Wolverhampton players wore black armbands for solidarity with Avoby, and Matt Duarte gave the Sheffield equalizer a goal for his daughter.

Social media witnessed a massive campaign of solidarity with Afobi, and the accounts of English football teams and former colleagues of Afobi tapped in solidarity with him and sent their condolences.