Well wishes pour in for Neil Tovey after heart attack

Well wishes pour in for Neil Tovey after heart attack

Messages of support have been pouring in for local soccer legend, Neil Tovey, who suffered a heart attack yesterday. 

Neil Tovey
File Photo: SAFA

According to the SA Football Association, his brother Mark confirmed that the former Bafana Bafana captain was in critical condition. 


Tovey had been training yesterday afternoon when he went into cardiac arrest.


Last year,  he had been hospitalised after suffering three consecutive heart attacks. 


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Prominent South Africans including Advocate Thuli Madonsela, SAFA's Danny Jordaan and Minister Fikile Mbalula have wished the 54-year-old a speedy recovery.


In 1996, Tovey led the South African national football team to a 2-0 win over Tunisia in the final in Soweto. He serves as Safa's technical director since June 2015. 

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