Sad news from Gijon! Marcel Sabou was extinguished »He was 59 years old and has been struggling in 2013 with unrighteous disease!
Article by Daniel Scorpie – published Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 01:51 / Updated Tuesday, June 10, 2025 02:03
Marcel Sabou died! The heartbreaking news was given by the Spaniards last night. Sporting Gijon He posted on the accounts of the social club the mourning sign for the disappearance of the former Romanian midfielder born in Timisoara on August 22, 1965, who lost the 12 -year -old struggle with SLA (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).
The former footballer who also played in La Liga for Racing Santander and Tenerife, before transfer to Portugal to Chaves, from where he was withdrawn in 1998, was launched in football at Poli Timișoara. From there he made the leap to Dinamo, who kept for three years, and in 1989, Sabou fled the communist camp four months before the Revolution.
Marcel Sabou asked for political asylum after the national friend!
The left midfielder arrived in Spain for a friendly match with the national team and asked for political asylum to get rid of the Nicolae Ceausescu regime.
Fallecimiento del Exjugador Marcel Sabou.#Realsporting
– Real Sporting (@realsporting) June 9, 2025
In the 1989-1990 season he evolved for Real Madrid Castilla, then in the next season he played for Tenerife, before transferring to Sandander in 1991.
Marcel Sabou remained at the Cantabric Club for two seasons, checking 75 matches and scoring 10 goals. In the last season, he obtained the promotion in the Primera Division in 1993, after defeating Espanyol in the promotion dam.
Marcel Sabou, the image of the terrible suffering, during an interview with the Spanish press
Retired at 33 to Chaves and tried to train
Sabou then signed for Sporting Gijon, where he took a total of 85 matches between 1993 and 1996. His goal in the promotion dam with Lleida in 1995 allowed the Asturian team to avoid relegation. The end of the career, however, found in Portugal, in Chaves, where he was withdrawn in 2000.
Real Sporting Gijón expresses his pain for the death of former player Marcel Sabou on this Monday, June 9, at the age of 59. The white-green club transmits the most sincere condolences to the family and loved ones and join their pain for this irreparable loss
The official communication of Sporting Gijon
Marcel Sabou, who also tried his luck in the coach's career, settled in Gijón. In 2013, he was diagnosed with SLA and fought with her and often told the ordeal. The story of his drama was widely reported by GSP.ro and ended on the evening of June 9.
