Egyptian Football Player Who Was Memorizer of Quran Dies at 31
Ahmed, who was a memorizer of the Holy Quran, died at the age of 31, according to al-Misry al-Yawm newspaper.
He passed away due to complications following a heart attack he suffered four months ago during a match.
Social media users in the country have reacted to his death with great sadness.
He was from the village of Abshan in Egypt’s Kafr El-Shaikh Governorate.
According to the Quran teacher of the village, Ahmed learned the Quran by heart at the Quran school in Abshan when he was a child.
He said Ahmed supported the school financially after becoming a professional football player.
Refaat, who played as a winger and represented his country seven times, suffered a heart attack in March during a league match against Al-Ittihad Alexandria.
He was rushed to hospital, resuscitated and placed in intensive care for close to a month. He was then fitted with a pacemaker and allowed to leave the hospital with further medical tests scheduled.
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Last month, Refaat said in a television interview that he was feeling better. A few days before his death, he had also visited his club team-mates.
Egypt captain and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah paid tribute to his teammate. "May God continue to bless his family and all his loved ones," Salah wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
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