{"id":88405,"date":"2023-08-01T19:44:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/01\/late-black-stars-striker-junior-agogo-remembered-on-his-44th\/"},"modified":"2023-08-01T19:44:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-01T19:44:01","slug":"late-black-stars-striker-junior-agogo-remembered-on-his-44th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/01\/late-black-stars-striker-junior-agogo-remembered-on-his-44th\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Black Stars striker Junior Agogo remembered on his 44th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/maxresdefault-1-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"maxresdefault\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The football world has remembered former Ghana striker Junior Agogo, who passed away in 2019 after battling an illness.<\/p>\n<p>Today, August 1 marks the 44th birthday of the former Nottingham Forest striker.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Football Association\u00a0and football fans have\u00a0honoured the late Black Stars player.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Agogo, who represented the Black Stars from 2006 to 2009, is famously remembered for his exploits during the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations hosted in Ghana and also scored the winner against Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>During his time with the national team, he earned 27 caps and scored 12 goals.<\/p>\n<p>In his club career, Agogo played for an impressive 15 different clubs, with a significant portion of his time spent in England.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, he became a cult hero at Nottingham Forest, where he scored the most goals for any club in his career, netting 21 goals in 73 games across all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Agogo died on August 22, 2019, aged 40. The striker suffered from a stroke and had difficulty speaking before passing away in London.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Never forgotten \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Remembering Junior Agogo on what would have been his 44th birthday\ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe<\/p>\n<p>Grateful for the cherished memories he left behind \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udded <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OXArDWvxeV\">pic.twitter.com\/OXArDWvxeV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PFAG (@PFAGofficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PFAGofficial\/status\/1686359315676884992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Continue to rest well, Junior Agogo \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udfff you gave us some wild memories <\/p>\n<p>Happy Birthday \ud83c\udf82 have a good one in heaven \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffc <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MCCyZbHBdX\">pic.twitter.com\/MCCyZbHBdX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fredrick Gyan-Mante (@Freddie_GH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Freddie_GH\/status\/1686338000077123585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"-Pfz6WzA72g\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Obra gets results - Obra on Adom TV (01-08-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-Pfz6WzA72g?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The football world has remembered former Ghana striker Junior Agogo, who passed away in 2019 after battling an illness. 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