Egyptian Football Club Fires Cameroonian Player After 4 Days For Testing HIV Positive (See Photos)

A Cameroonian football star has been fired by his Egyptian club,four days after signing a contract with them. 21 year old Samuel Nlend signed a new contract with Al Ittihad, a club in Egypt’s Premier League but his contract was cancelled at the 102-year old Egyptian club after a routine medical test found the player tested positive for HIV.

The announcement of his sack was made by Ittihad’s media spokesperson who published the test results.

Nlend, is regarded as one of Cameroon’s brightest soccer prospects. He finished the last Cameroonian soccer league season as the top scorer with his former club, Union Douala. He also played and scored for the Cameroonian senior team at the African Nations Championship in Rwanda earlier this year.