Zakaria Zerouali, international player of Morocco, passed away this Monday, confirmed the Moroccan footballers' association AMF. The professional footballer of Raja de Casablanca was suffering from a medicine intoxication.

Bad news for Japanese football. Naoki Matsuda has passed away this Thursday. The 34-year old former Japan defender died in a hospital two days after he had collapsed during training.

Costa Rican football is mourning the death of Dennis Marshall Maxwell. The player of the country's national team died in a road accident on Thursday.

Echendu Adiele is dead. The Nigerian footballer passed away last Saturday. He spent many years playing in Germany.

Peruvian football mourns the death of its young footballer Gianfranco Espejo. The player of Sporting Cristal died during a traffic accident last Saturday in Tumbes, northern Peru.