The Somali Football Association announced Thursday on its account on the social networking site "Twitter" the death of the former player in the Somali team, Abdul Qadir Mohamed Faraj, at the age of 59, as a result of complications from his infection with the new Corona virus. With this, Abdelkader Farag became the first Arab and African player to die as a result of "Covid 19".
The Somali Federation confirmed that the player had died in a hospital in the British capital London, where he had entered it almost a week ago after being infected with the virus. Al-Ittihad called Faraj one of the legends of Somali football. It is noteworthy that Abdul-Qadir Faraj worked recently as a consultant to the Somali Sports Ministry.