Michela Zroho
Michela Andrienne Zroho (died 15 January 2019) was an Ivorian football player and manager. She capped for the Ivory Coast women's national team.[3][4]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Michela Andrienne Zroho[1] | ||
Date of death | January 2019 | ||
Place of death | Tunisia[2] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Juventus de Yopougon | |||
International career‡ | |||
2002 | Ivory Coast | 2+ | (0+) |
Managerial career | |||
Ivory Coast Women (assistant coach) | |||
Juventus de Yopougon | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 August 2002.[1] |
Club career
Zroho had played for Juventus de Yopougon in Ivory Coast.[2]
International career
Zroho had capped for Ivory Coast at senior level during the 2002 African Women's Championship qualification.[1]
Managerial career
Zroho had been the assistant coach of the Ivory Coast women's national team and the head coach of Juventus de Yopougon in Ivory Coast.[2]
Death
In mid-2018, Zroho had announced to the president of Juventus de Yopougon, Yves Gossé, that she would go to Ghana to improve as a football manager. She eventually ended up going to Tunisia. On 15 January 2019, she was found dead in her room.[5] According to witnesses to the event, she died from asphyxiation in her sleep after forgetting to turn off the firewood, which she had lit due to the low temperatures that were there at that time.[2]
References
- "Africa - Women's Championship 2002 - Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- Kolia, Céleste (17 January 2019). "Deuil: Le football féminin perd une de ses pionnières". Fratmay.info (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- "Côte d'Ivoire : Une sportive ivoirienne retrouvée morte dans sa chambre en Tunisie". KOACI.
- "Zroho Michela n'est plus de ce monde".
- Prince de GBA (18 January 2019). "Zroho Michela n'est plus de ce monde". Le Kpakpato Sportif (in French). Retrieved 5 June 2021.