Enock Mwepu

2022 - 10 - 10

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Brighton's Enock Mwepu retires due to heart condition (ESPN)

Brighton midfielder Enock Mwepu has been forced to end his playing career aged 24 after being diagnosed with a hereditary heart condition.

This is however not to end my involvement with football, I plan to stay involved in some capacity." Mwepu fell ill during the recent international break while on a flight to join up with the Zambian team which he captains. [he said](https://twitter.com/EnockMwepu45/status/1579397214124011520?): "A boy from a small Zambian town called Chambishi has some news to share.

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Enock Mwepu forced to retire with hereditary heart condition (Yahoo Sports)

The Brighton and Zambia midfielder made the announcement on Monday as he hasn't played for the Seagulls since September. Per the statement released by the ...

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Heart issue forces Brighton player Enock Mwepu to retire (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Brighton midfielder Enock Mwepu has retired from soccer at the age of 24 because of a hereditary heart condition.

He won four Austrian league titles with Salzburg and played in the Champions League on a team with Erling Haaland. “We are all absolutely devastated for Enock,” Brighton chairman Tony Bloom said. He had further medical tests in England.

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Brighton's Enock Mwepu retires with heart condition (World Soccer Talk)

Brighton and Hove Albion midfielder Enock Mwepu must medically retire from soccer due to a hereditary heart condition, the club announced.

The next game at home is against Nottingham Forest on Tuesday, Oct. “We are all absolutely devastated for Enock,” Bloom wrote. [$25 million](https://www.transfermarkt.us/enock-mwepu/profil/spieler/490307) for his services following a strong stint in Austria. He has plans to stay involved with the sport in some capacity, even if it is not on the playing level. Upon further cardiac tests, doctors picked up a condition that manifests itself later in life. The 24-year-old Zambian has a hereditary heart condition that can worsen over time.

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Heart issue forces Brighton player Enock Mwepu to retire (The Washington Post)

Brighton midfielder Enock Mwepu has retired from soccer at the age of 24 because of a hereditary heart condition.

He won four Austrian league titles with Salzburg and played in the Champions League on a team with Erling Haaland. He joined Brighton last year. “We are all absolutely devastated for Enock,” Brighton chairman Tony Bloom said.

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Heart issue forces English Premier League player Enock Mwepu to ... (CBC.ca)

Brighton midfielder Enock Mwepu has retired from soccer at the age of 24 because of a hereditary heart condition, the Premier League club said Monday.

He won four Austrian league titles with Salzburg and played in the Champions League on a team with Erling Haaland. He joined Brighton last year. He had further medical tests in England.

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Enock Mwepu and a career cruelly cut short by a hereditary heart ... (The Athletic)

Brighton midfielder Enock Mwepu has been forced to retire at the age of 24 as a result of the diagnosis of a hereditary heart condition.

He is a fantastic person and whatever he does, he will succeed in his life. It’s been put into perspective by the shock and the sadness of Mwepu being forced to retire at the age of 24 with a hereditary heart condition. I think he has been lucky in as much as he is alive and well.

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Brighton's Enock Mwepu Forced to Retire After Heart Condition ... (NBC New York)

Enock Mwepu of Zambia and Brighton & Hove Albion was forced to retire on Monday following the diagnosis of a hereditary heart condition.

This is, however, not the end of my involvement with football. Tony Bloom, Brighton chairman, said in a statement, “We are all absolutely devastated for Enock. During the recent international break, Mwepu, 24, felt ill while on a flight to join the Zambian squad.

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