{"id":403231,"date":"2024-06-15T09:25:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T09:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=403231"},"modified":"2024-06-15T10:05:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T10:05:59","slug":"international-goalkeeper-tragically-dies-at-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=403231","title":{"rendered":"International goalkeeper tragically dies at 26"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matija Sarkic, the Montenegro goalkeeper who played for English second-tier club Millwall<\/a>, has died. He was 26.<\/p>\n

Millwall announced the death of Sarkic on Saturday. No further details were disclosed. Local media from Montenegro has reported he collapsed at his apartment in Budva.<\/p>\n

Sarkic's most recent match for Montenegro was on June 5, a 2-0 loss at Belgium<\/a>. It was his ninth international appearance, according to the Montenegro soccer federation.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEveryone at the club sends their love and condolences to Matija\u2019s family and friends at this immensely sad time,\u201d Millwall said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe club will make no further comment at this time and asks that the privacy of Matija\u2019s family is respected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sarkic played 33 times for Millwall, since joining from Premier League team Wolverhampton in August last year.<\/p>\n

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He also played for Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Stoke City and Wigan. He also spent time on loan at Stratford Town, Havant & Waterlooville and Livingston.<\/p>\n

A number of clubs across England posted tributes to Sarkic, including Leeds, Ipswich, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace. \ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matija Sarkic, the Montenegro goalkeeper who played for English second-tier club Millwall, has died. He was 26. Millwall announced the death of Sarkic on Saturday. […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":403233,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403231"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=403231"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":403234,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403231\/revisions\/403234"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/403233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=403231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=403231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=403231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}