{"id":433034,"date":"2017-11-01T13:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/01\/pfag-shocked-by-death-of-former-black-stars-player\/"},"modified":"2017-11-01T13:00:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T13:00:30","slug":"pfag-shocked-by-death-of-former-black-stars-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/01\/pfag-shocked-by-death-of-former-black-stars-player\/","title":{"rendered":"PFAG shocked by death of former Black Stars player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/54429121.295.jpg\" alt=\"Yakubu Abubakar Dead\" title=\"Yakubu Abubakar Dead\" width=\"295\" height=\"443\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>He was also a member of the Black Stars in 2006<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150909146990235\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150909146990235\"><br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1509541230_998_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The mother association of players in Ghana PFAG is shocked to learn of the death of former Ghanaian international Yakubu Abubakar aka Zapata.<\/p>\n<p>The player passed away in Tema yesterday after a short illness ,something his colleagues can&#8217;t simply come to terms with.<\/p>\n<p>General Secretary Anthony Baffoe says they are still mourning the death of Abdoulaye Soulama only to be hit with that of Zapata.<\/p>\n<p>He wished the family of the player well and called on all especially players to be more closer and care more for each other.<\/p>\n<p>Yakubu played for Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam and won the Eridivise twice with them in 2002 and 2004.<\/p>\n<p>He was also a member of the Black Stars in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He was also a member of the Black Stars in 2006 The mother association of players in Ghana PFAG is shocked to learn of the death of former Ghanaian international Yakubu Abubakar aka Zapata. 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