Quick Facts
Biography
Ibrahim Dossey (24 November 1972 in Accra – 9 December 2008 in Bucharest) was a Ghanaian football goalkeeper.
Career
Dossey was born in Accra, Ghana. From 2001, he played in Romania for Rapid Bucureşti, FC Braşov, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, and Unirea Sânnicolau Mare.
Death
Dossey had signed with FCM Târgovişte two days before he crashed his car on 13 September 2008, near Breaza, Prahova County, and fell into a coma. His wife and two children were not hurt in the accident. He was in a coma for nearly three months, before he died in Bagdasar Arseni Hospital-Bucharest on 9 December 2008, aged 36. He was buried in Hârşova, Romania on 10 December.
International
His team won Africa's first Olympic football medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Reactions
Bogdan Lobonţ: "I cannot believe it! I had hoped that Dossey’s medical condition would improve. I am sad, Romanian football has lost a valuable goalkeeper. God rest his soul!"
Tedy Dragomir (the owner of Playboy): "We are deeply pained by this, I cannot believe it. We tried so hard in order to make him well. We had almost collected all the money needed for his treatment."
Ioan Neculaie (the owner of FC Braşov): "I met Dossey only as a player for the club I own, but I can say about him that I never heard anyone saying bad things about him. His character was an example. It is unbelievable."