South African football fraternity is in mourning following the passing of SuperSport United goalkeeper George Chigova.
Chigova, who was 32, passed away on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. At the time of writing the article, his club SuperSport United had not confirmed Chigova’s passing, but FARPost has been reliably informed by close family members. He reportedly collapsed and died while training at his home in Johannesburg.
GEORGE CHIGOVA PASSES AWAY
In his last post on his Instagram page on Wednesday, Chigova wrote: “Each new day is a blessing. Let go of all worries and be grateful for all the positives in your life.”
The former Zimbabwe international was recently diagnosed with a heart ailment which forced him out of the game. In July this year, SuperSport United coach Gavin Hunt revealed that Chigova’s situation was not looking good.
“I have not been briefed on the diagnosis or the whole thing. I’m not a doctor,” said Hunt at the time.
“But I know that there is a problem that we are attending to at this point in time and we will know in the next week or so.
“He’s going to spend four weeks just being inactive and go from there. But it doesn’t look positive. We will give him all the support we can and stay behind him as best we can,” Hunt told the media.
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The former Polokwane City keeper had started training with United with the aim of returning to competitive football.
The former Zimbabwe number one keeper arrived in South Africa in 2014 to join SuperSport United from Dynamos in his native country. After struggling for some game time, Chigova was loaned out to Polokwane City in 2015. He eventually secured a permanent move at the Limpopo club.
After Polokwane City’s relegation in 2020, Chigova was re-signed by SuperSport under then-coach Kaitano Tembo. His contract with SuperSport came to an end at the end of last season, but he was given a new contract.
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