hello good evening tributes have been paid to former card of City player sa Bamber who's died at the age of 39 Bamber played more than 100 games for the bluebirds and helped them secure promotion to the Premier League Dan Mofford reports tributes left to a man who became a firm favorite at the Cardiff City Stadium sber played 118 times for the bluebirds and was a huge part in their promotion to the Premier League in 2018 one day we hope he be the manager was that important to us and it it was a success when he was here and we hoped he would be a success in the future you'd have time for anybody photos with you talk to you he'd even give you your you know boots and whatever guy like you know and he was just a lovely man like tributes too from former colleagues Neil waro Bamba's manager at Cardiff said he was heartbroken by the news adding he was a ray of sunshine that he will miss so much he just got the club he really connected with the fans it's very easy for players to come to Cardiff and sort of not take it to heart and not sort of embrace the club Saul really embraced everything about the club bber fought as hard off the pitch as he did on it overcoming non hodkin lymphoma in 2021 he died in Turkey still working in football a sport he loved and a sport where he found those who loved him