BELGRADE – Former Florida State center Michael Ojo died on Friday after collapsing during training in Serbia, his former team Red Star Belgrade said.
He was 27.The Nigerian-born basketball player was taken to a hospital in the Serbian capital, but doctors failed to resuscitate him, Belgrade media reported.“The sudden and shocking death has deeply shaken everyone in the club,” Red Star said in a statement.Ojo was reported to have tested positive for the coronavirus, but also that he had recovered.
Local media reported that he died of a heart attack.After going undrafted in 2017, Ojo moved to Europe where he started his professional basketball career with FMP Belgrade.