Ghana and Swansea City midfielder Andre Ayew paid tribute to former Marseille President Pape Diouf, who died after suffering from coronavirus pandemic.

Diouf was hospitalised in Senegal after contracting the virus there and became the country's first COVID-19 fatality on Tuesday night at the age of 68.

Ayew, 30 took to Twitter to pay tribute to the Senegalese following his sudden death.

"MON PAPA,GRAND PERE ,MON MENTOR, RIP PAPE DIOUF," he posted.

https://twitter.com/AyewAndre/status/1245144547195269120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

Diouf who had French and Senegalese citizenship, led Marseille between 2005-2009 and helped build the side who lifted the Ligue 1 title in 2010.

He was also a journalist and football agent before taking over at the Stade Velodrome.

Moving to Marseille aged 18, he was set on a career in the military, but soon switched paths.

After studying at the prestigious Sciences Po in Paris, he worked at the La Marseillaise newspaper before becoming a football agent, most notably for Didier Drogba, who enthralled the Velodrome in 2003-04.

He later became president at Marseille in 2005. He left the French club in 2009 and was replaced by Jean-Claude Dassier.



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