Enock Mwepu

Brighton midfielder Enock Mwepu has been forced to end his playing career aged 24 after being diagnosed with a hereditary heart condition.

This is however not to end my involvement with football, I plan to stay involved in some capacity." Mwepu fell ill during the recent international break while on a flight to join up with the Zambian team which he captains. [he said](https://twitter.com/EnockMwepu45/status/1579397214124011520?): "A boy from a small Zambian town called Chambishi has some news to share.

Mwepu fell ill while on a flight to join his Zambia teammates during the international break last month. He was unable to train after arriving in West Africa ...

“This is, however, not the end of my involvement in football, I plan to stay involved in some capacity,” he said in a statement on Twitter. “These tests have concluded that his illness is due to a hereditary cardiac condition, which manifests later in life and was not previously evident on regular cardiac screening,” Brighton said in a statement. Mwepu had tests on his return to England and Brighton said the results meant the “only option” was for him to retire.

The 24-year-old fell ill while on a flight to link up with his Zambia teammates in the international break last month and returned to Brighton to undergo ...

This is not the end of my involvement in football, I plan to stay involved in some capacity." "I am so sorry for Enock," Brighton manager Roberto De Zerbi said. "Before I arrived I looked at all the squad, and he was a player I was so excited and looking forward to working with. The 24-year-old fell ill while on a flight to link up with his Zambia teammates in the international break last month and returned to Brighton to undergo further cardiac tests after a period in hospital in Mali. "As a club we will give him all the love, help and support we possibly can to make a full recovery, and then as he decides on the next steps in his life." "He stood strong to follow his dream of playing football at the highest level and by the grace of God he lived his dream by reaching the Premier League.

GOAL brings you everything you need to know about former Zambia and Brighton & Hove Albion midfielder Enock Mwepu, who retired on Monday.

His first goal arrived on October 27 when he scored to make it 2-2 against Leicester City in the EFL Cup. He grabbed his first assist in the second round of the EFL Cup against Cardiff City where Albion won 2-0. He prefers to shoot with his right foot and his work rates are High/High. Mwepu's height is 184 cm and his weight is estimated at 76 kg. In 2017, his door to Europe opened and he signed for Red Bull Salzburg, who later loaned him out to Salzburg's feeder club Liefering.Salzburg. Mwepu started his journey with the national team from the U17 level and moved to U20 where he played at the 2017 U20 Africa Cup of Nations in Zambia.

Enock Mwepu has revealed his next plan after being forced to retire from playing football at the age of 24 due to a high risk of 'fatal cardiac arrest'.

“This is not the end of my involvement in football, I plan to stay involved in some capacity.” “Some dreams, however, come to an end, so it is with sadness that I announce the need to hang up by boots because of the medical advice I have received,” the statement read in part. He returned to England to undergo further cardiac tests and has been advised to stop playing football.

Zambia international and Brighton midfielder Enock Mwepu has been forced to retire at the age of 24 due to a hereditary heart condition.

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