Former England international Ugo Ehiogu dies from cardiac arrest

Friday, 21 April 2017 16:00

Former England and Aston Villa defender Ugo Ehiogu has died after suffering a cardiac arrest.

The 44-year-old was taken ill at Tottenham's training centre on Thursday, 20 April, and died in hospital in the early hours of Friday.

Ehiogu, who was Spurs' Under-23s coach, was capped four times by England. He made over 200 appearances for Aston Villa between 1991 and 2000 and then spent seven years at Middlesbrough.

He married his wife, Gemma, in 2005 and had two children - son Obi Jackson and daughter Jodie.

Villa will hold a minute's applause before their match against Birmingham City on Sunday, with both sets of players to wear black armbands.

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