Former Ghana international Junior Agogo has been reported dead in London.<\/p>\n
The former Zamalek FC striker passed on in England at a hospital on Thursday, August 22nd, 2019.<\/p>\n
He has been suffering from a stroke since 2015 and underw"},"modified":"2019-08-22T16:55:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T16:55:20","slug":"ex-black-stars-striker-junior-agogo-dies-at-age-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/22\/ex-black-stars-striker-junior-agogo-dies-at-age-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Black Stars striker Junior Agogo dies at age 40"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former Ghana international Junior Agogo has been reported dead in London.<\/p>\n
The former Zamalek FC striker passed on in England at a hospital on Thursday, August 22nd, 2019.<\/p>\n
He has been suffering from a stroke since 2015 and underwent rehabilitation two years ago.<\/p>\n
He was 40.<\/p>\n
Agogo will be remembered by most Ghanaians for his wonderful performance for Ghana at the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n
The former Black Stars striker played for clubs in England, the United States of America and Cyprus.<\/p>\n
Agogo scored 113 goals in over 300 games over the course of his club career.<\/p>\n
This included stints in England, with a host of clubs including Nottingham Forest and Bristol Rovers; in Egypt with Zamalek, in Scotland with Hibernian and in Cyprus with Apol. Limassol.<\/p>\n
He enjoyed the most prolific period of his career with Bristol Rovers scoring 41 times for the club before moving to Nottingham Forest in 2006, where he scored 21 times.<\/p>\n
However, it is his exploits with Ghana\u2019s senior football national team, the Black Stars, that he will be remembered for by most Ghanaians.<\/p>\n
He scored 12 times in 27 appearances for the Black Stars, producing a star turn at the African Cup of Nations tournament in 2008 which Ghana hosted, where he bagged three goals as Ghana reached the semifinals.<\/p>\n
Junior Agogo suffered a stroke in January 2015<\/strong>, after retiring from football and subsequently Aphasia.<\/p>\n Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write.<\/p>\n Agogo in an interview with the BBC in 2017 said the stroke left him lacking confidence and socially isolated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n