Echendu Adiele

Echendu Adiele
Personal information
Date of birth	17 November 1978
Place of birth	Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Date of death	18 June 2011 (aged 32)
Place of death	Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Position(s)	Central defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1997	Sharks
1997–1998	Fortuna Düsseldorf
1998–1999	Borussia Neunkirchen
1999–2006	1. FC Saarbrücken
2006–2007	SV Darmstadt 98
2007–2009	SV Waldhof Mannheim
2009–2010	SV Darmstadt 98
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Echendu Adiele (17 November 1978 – 18 June 2011) was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a central defender.

Career[edit]

Adiele died in his sleep on 18 June 2011.^[3] It seems that he was poisoned.^[4]

^ "Echendu Adiele" (in German). fussballdaten.de. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
^ "Echendu Adiele". worldfootball.net. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
^ Wejinya, Sammy (19 June 2011). "Former Shark, Adiele dies". Supersport. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
^ "Giftanschlag auf Ex-Profi" (in German). sport1.de. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2013.

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