Tributes paid to former Hibs star Junior Agogo following death

He spent six months with the Hibees at the end of his playing career

Author: John CallanPublished 22nd Aug 2019

Former Hibs striker Junior Agogo has died at the age of 40.

He played fourteen times during a six-month spell in the capital in the 2011-12 season, having previously enjoyed a successful career in England.

He scored nearly 90 goals in British football and won 27 caps for Ghana.

He also featured for a host of other clubs, including Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest, QPR and Chicago Fire.

Many of his former clubs and teammates have been paying tribute on social media.

Agogo suffered a stroke in 2015, just three years after playing his final game in professional football for the Easter Road side.

He had been a keen supporter of The National Brain Appeal's fundraising campaign for high dose therapy programme for stroke and brain injured patients with aphasia throughout his illness.

Aphasia is an impairment of language resulting from injury to the brain, most commonly from a stroke.

Theresa Dauncey, chief executive of The National Brain Appeal charity, said: "We are very sad to hear that former professional footballer Junior Agogo has passed away.

"Junior very kindly lent his support to The National Brain Appeal's Aphasia Appeal, a condition he had experience of following his stroke. Our thoughts are with his family and friends."