The former German coach Christoph Daumwho is on the bench Bayer Leverkusen (1996/2000), died at the age of 70 of lung cancer, the German Football League (DFL) announced on Sunday morning. “German football is in mourning after the death of Christoph Daum. The former German champion coach died at the age of 70 due to long-term cancer,” the DFL explained in a statement published on its website.
“Christoph Daum has a great influence on German football. He is a pioneer of modern football and, when it comes to football, he is combative and passionate to the end,” reacted the president of the German Federation (DFB), Bernd Neuendorf.
In October 2022, Christoph Daum, who also coached Stuttgart and Eintracht in Germany and Besiktas and Fenerbahçe in Turkey, revealed that he was fighting lung cancer and said he wanted to give cancer patients courage in their fight. “I’m trying to live and not let cancer dominate me,” he declared during the presentation of a documentary shot in 2023 by the ‘Sky’ channel, on the occasion of his 70th birthday. “I can only make one request to everyone: take the test!”
Source: La Verdad
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