ALMATY – A Brazilian footballer playing for first-division Kazakh club Shakhtyor Karaganda has died of a heart attack after a training session.
Nilton Pereira Mendes, a 30-year-old striker, felt pains in his chest after training on Monday and doctors were unable to resuscitate him, club spokeswoman Anastasia Poutchkova told AFP. The Brazilian had played in Kazakhstan since 1998, for Pavlodar and Astana as well as Shakhtyor Karaganda, for whom he had played in the Intertoto Cup this year.Nampa-AFPThe Brazilian had played in Kazakhstan since 1998, for Pavlodar and Astana as well as Shakhtyor Karaganda, for whom he had played in the Intertoto Cup this year.Nampa-AFP
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