Wolfsburg player Junior Malanda dies aged 20 after car accident

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; max-width: 100%; width: 628px;"><img height="224" src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ8i04cLvrqEy9Q8qENKKm7yVTjZ9-BD1af99G78GZB-lMlge-JUw" style="background-color: transparent;" width="400" /></div><br /><br /><div style="background-color: white; float: left; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; margin-bottom: 22px; max-width: 100%; width: 628px;"><br />The</div><a name="more"></a>team's planned departure to South Africa, as part of their winter preparations, which was scheduled for the same evening has been called off for the time being. Several fans have gathered outside the club's <span class="w2sn0nxq" id="w2sn0nxq_3" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">Volkswagen</span> Arena to mourn the loss of the talented Belgian U-21 international.<br /><br />Christian Seifert, CEO of the DFL Deutsche Fußball Liga, offered his sympathies of behalf of the Bundesliga: “We are gravely saddened by this tragic <span class="w2sn0nxq" id="w2sn0nxq_5" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">news</span> and our thoughts are with VfL Wolfsburg for their loss. We extend our deepest sympathies to his relatives and team-mates."<br /><br />"We are distraught and can simply not find the words to express our bewilderment," added Wolfsburg's sporting director Klaus Allofs. "We all loved him dearly. He was the positive <span class="w2sn0nxq" id="w2sn0nxq_4" style="border-bottom-width: 1px !important; border-style: none none solid !important; color: rgb(76, 76, 255) !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; float: none; height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; text-decoration: underline !important;">spirit</span> within the team and a young man full of the joys of life. In addition, Junior was an excellent footballer, merely at the beginning of his development. We cannot believe that he is no longer with us. 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line-height: 34px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word;"><i style="font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px;">We Soccer Glee is mourning the passing of VfL Wolfsburg midfielder Junior Malanda, who died after being involved in a car crash on Saturday afternoon at the age of 20.</i>Rip Junior Malanda</div><div class="stream-item-footer" style="font-size: 12px; padding-top: 1px;"><span class="ProfileTweet-action--reply u-hiddenVisually" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px) !important; height: 1px !important; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; width: 1px !important;"></span><span class="ProfileTweet-action--retweet u-hiddenVisually" style="border: 0px !important; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px) !important; height: 1px !important; overflow: hidden !important; padding: 0px !important; position: absolute !important; width: 1px !important;"></span><span class="ProfileTweet-action--favorite u-hiddenVisually" style="border: 0px !important; 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Wolfsburg player Junior Malanda dies aged 20 after car accident

The team's planned departure to South Africa, as part of their winter preparations, which was scheduled for the same evening has been ca...

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