“Marc-Vivien Foe will leave us the memory of a charming boy, the incarnation of the joy in life. We will keep of him his bursts of laughter. We will not forget you.”
These were the words of former French champions Lyon, following the death of African legend Marc-Vivien Foe 22 years ago. The Cameroonian Midfield General was only 28 years when his life was tragically cut short due to a Heart attack in the 72nd minute of a Confederation Cup match against Colombia. Following his loss of consciousness, Foe was stretchered of the pitch and attempts were made to resuscitate him but all to no avail. Such was the sad and abrupt passing of this icon.
At just 28 years of age, Foe’s trophy cabinet was already quite weighty as he had won the AFCON twice in 2000 & 2002, Ligue 1 twice with RC Lens and Olympique Lyon, both of whom he also helped to win the French league cup. he also won the UEFA Intertoto cup with Westham United. Having stacked up this many Laurels before his passing, one must wonder how much more he might have achieved had his life and career not been cut short. 
