Former Bristol Rovers striker Junior Agogo has reportedly passed away, aged just 40.
The Ghanaian striker played 140 games in all competitions for the Gas between 2003 and 2006, scoring 45 goals.
According to a number of reports in Ghana, he passed away in London on Thursday morning.
Agogo suffered a stroke back in 2015 which left him debilitated just two years after retiring from playing.
Speaking about his health problems in an emotional BBC interview called "Speechless" two years ago, discussing his battle to regain his speech, Agogo said: “I was running with my dog. I was coming back home. I was near the Marriott Hotel and the stroke happened,” he said.
“When I woke up I was in hospital with my mum. I couldn’t speak. I was in a bad way.
“I had thoughts, but I was like where is my voice. I was baffled, man.”
Agogo was a star of the Ghana national team and the poster boy of the 2008 African Cup of Nations hosted in Ghana.
His nation finished in third place in that tournament.
He scored 12 goals in 27 caps during the height of his international career between 2006 and 2009.
Agogo left Rovers for Nottingham Forest and had one of the best spells of his club career between 2006 and 2008, scoring 23 goals for the club.
The forward played for a string of other clubs in Britain including Sheffield Wednesday, QPR and Barnet, and finished his career at Scottish outfit Hibernian in 2012.
