The family of Fatim Jawara confirmed the news of her death, Lamin Kaba Bajo said.
The nineteen-year-old goalkeeper of The Gambian national women's football team drowned
while crossing the Mediterranean in the hope of starting a new life in Europe, the president of the country's football association has told the BBC.
while crossing the Mediterranean in the hope of starting a new life in Europe, the president of the country's football association has told the BBC.
She was on board a boat that ran into trouble in the Mediterranean last month while crossing from Libya to Europe, her former coach told AFP news agency.
A journalist for the agency has tweeted a photo of the young football star:
Sad, rest in peace
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