Brighton defender Mwepu ends career due to heart condition
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 [October 10, 2022] Brighton
& Hove Albion's Zambian midfielder Enock Mwepu has been forced to
end his playing career aged 24 after being diagnosed with a
hereditary heart condition, the Premier League club said in a
statement on Monday.
Brighton said Mwepu's condition, which was not previously evident on
regular cardiac screening, puts him at an extremely high risk of
suffering a potentially fatal cardiac event if he were to continue
playing the game competitively.
Mwepu fell ill during the recent international break while on a
flight to join up with the Zambian team which he captains. After a
period in a hospital in Mali, he returned to Brighton for further
tests which revealed his condition.
"It is a terrible blow for Enock, but he has to put his health and
his family first and this is the right choice, however difficult it
is to quit the game he loves," said Adam Brett, Brighton's Head of
Medicine and Performance.
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Brighton & Hove Albion's Enock Mwepu celebrates after the match
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Brett added the club would help Mwepu get the
treatment needed to manage his condition.
(Reporting by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru, editing by Ed Osmond)
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