Italy's Atalanta announces the death of their player Willie Braciano Ta Bi. Just two months ago, the footballer turned 21.

" 2019 italian youth champion's dream collapsed too early. Goodbye Willie, rest in peace, " Midfielder dies at home in Cote d'Ivoire after months of struggling with serious illness.

It was reported that Willie was battling liver cancer.

In January 2019, Atalanta paid 35 thousand for the midfielder of the Ivorian Mimosas. Euro.

Later the club from Bergamo rented out the player to Pescara.

Midfielder of the Ukrainian national team Ruslan Malinovsky is playing for Atalanta. At the beginning of 2021, the club signed another yellow-blue midfielder Viktor Kovalenko.

As TSN Prosport reported earlier, Real Madrid legend Enrique Perez Pacin has died.