Admin l Tuesday, April 30, 2019
TURKEY – Czech striker, Josef Sural is dead. He died in a road accident in Turkey, throwing the whole federation into mourning.
According to UEFA.com, he died when the vehicle conveying hi and and several Alanyaspor team-mates back from a domestic league match against Kayserispor crashed in Turkey.
Sural(28) came into prominence when he played with Brno, Liberec and Sparta Praha. He was captain of Sparta before moving to Alanyaspor on a two-and-a-half year contract in January. He played nine Super League matches for them, scoring once. Šural also netted once in 20 Czech Republic games, and was a member of the squad at UEFA EURO 2016 in France.
“I would like to express my deepest sympathy to all of his family and friends,” said Martin Malík, president of the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR). “Josef was a modest man who will be missed by all of us.”
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has announced that there will be a minute’s silence to commemorate Šural before the start of every professional league fixture to be played until 6 May. “Our hearts are aching,” said Alanyaspor coach Sergen Yalçın. “He was the most hard-working player in the team. He was a very disciplined and examplary player.”
