Former Cardiff and Leeds Captain Souleymane Bamba Passes Away at 41

the Ivory Coast Center back who began his career at Paris St Germaine and had subsequent stints with dun Ferlin and middles brow was part of the Cardiff team that achieved Premier League promotion in 2018 Bamba who battled and overcame Nong hodkin lymphoma in 2021 while playing for Cardiff had been with Turkish Club at nasper where he tragically passed away ad nasper announced on Saturday that their technical director SU main Bamba had fallen ill before a match and was taken to Mona cell by our University Hospital where he Sly died they extended their condolences to his family and Community Cardiff expressed profound sorrow at the news honoring Bamba as a club Legend and acknowledging his significant impact both as a player and coach leads United where Bamba captain from 2015 to 2016 also paid tribute stating their sadness and calling him a forever cherished figure Bamba's career took him from Paris St Germain to Dun ferm Lin then to high beran and on to leester city under sengon Erikson in 2011 following Erikson's recent passing Bamba had posted a tribute praising him as an exceptional person and Coach Bamba had spals with traben spur in turkey and poo in Italy before joining leads his time at Cardiff was marked by key contributions including scoring on his debut and playing a crucial role in their promotion to the Premier League despite a cancer diagnosis in early 2021 Bamba returned to the pitch after treatment and his resilience was widely admired after a brief period with Middle's brow and helping Cardiff retained there Championship status as an assistant manager Bamba had been working in Turkey dun Ferlin middles brow and Hibernian all expressed their shock and sadness at his passing sending condolences to his family and those who knew him