• Alsatian football is in mourning.

    Former RC Strasbourg goalkeeper Vauvenargues Kéhi died in a road accident on Saturday.

  • “He was one of the four, five players who remained (at RC Strasbourg in 2011), remembers

    his coach at the time François Keller

    with

    20 Minutes

    .

    He had been a starter all season and had allowed us to move up to CFA.

    Then he was seriously injured the following fall, on an outing in Moulins.

    Vauv 'was born in Paris but was adopted from Strasbourg.

    "

  • The head of the Racing training center is, like all those who have known the goalkeeper, in shock

Racing and Alsatian football fans have been in mourning since Saturday.

Since a road accident got the better of one of his family, in Gertsheim, in the Bas-Rhin.

Vauvenargues Kéhi, the former goalkeeper of RC Strasbourg and current of ASC Biesheim (Regional 1), fatally struck a tree on the departmental 52, around 3 p.m.

He was declared dead after his extrication, according to the Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis) of Bas-Rhin, which refers to "strong kinetics".

The Franco-Ivorian, 29, was alone in his vehicle, he who could have been on the ground at the time of the facts.

But, slightly injured in training this week, he had been left to rest by the Haut-Rhin club which was playing in Prix-lès-Mézières yesterday afternoon.

“We heard the news before leaving, we were all dazed, in tears, in the parking lot.

"Vauv" was an unsinkable rock.

He was part of the family.

We think of his wife, his daughters, his friends.

We do not have the words… ”, testified the assistant coach of the team, Dominique Lihrmann, to the Latest News from Alsace.

"I don't feel like he's gone, it's unreal"

The goalkeeper joined ASCB in 2014, coming from Racing where he had completed his training. Before being a player in the ascent, when the biggest Alsatian club had been relegated to CFA 2 (5th division) in the summer of 2011. “He was one of the four, five players who had stayed, remembers with of

20 Minutes

his trainer at the time François Keller. He had been a starter all season and had allowed us to move up to CFA. Then he was seriously injured the following fall, on an outing in Moulins. Vauv 'was born in Paris but was adopted from Strasbourg. "

The head of the Racing training center is, like all those who have known the goalkeeper, in shock. “We spent the whole afternoon yesterday calling each other with our former teammates. I don't have the impression that he left, it's unreal… He was a very very kind, benevolent person, respected by all his partners. I add that he had the potential to go much higher. With Steven Keller (who died in 2017), it is the second to leave this generation in 1992. "

“From that team from the 2010s, even if we don't see each other all the time, we remain a family.

We have created enormous links.

We will try to do our best to regroup at the funeral, adds former striker David Lédy.

Vauvenargues was a very good person.

He never got angry, not even an opponent after him.

To die so young with two beautiful children is horrible.

"

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