Con­do­lences con­tin­ue to pour in for the fam­i­ly and friends of for­mer na­tion­al foot­baller Clyde Leon who died on Wednes­day of a sus­pect­ed heart at­tack. He was just 37 years old.

Co­in­ci­den­tal­ly his death al­so brings to five, the num­ber of play­ers from T&T Pro League out­fit W Con­nec­tion in the last two years, fol­low­ing the pass­ings of Shah­don Win­ches­ter, Rod­er­ick An­tho­ny, Ate­ba Mc Knight and Ja­son Mar­cano.

Leon, a mid­field­er who played for Ari­ma Fire and W Con­nec­tion in the T&T Pro League, as well as the T&T Se­nior team where he made 48 in­ter­na­tion­al ap­pear­ances with­in a 12-year span from (2001-2012), co­in­ci­den­tal­ly called an end to his ca­reer be­cause of heart trou­bles.

Born De­cem­ber 8 in 1983, Leon be­came the pride of his Laven­tille com­mu­ni­ty in the sport of foot­ball. He was el­e­vat­ed to the po­si­tion of cap­tain un­der coach Rus­sell Lat­apy, who him­self was a for­mer T&T mid­field­er. But for all his bril­liance on the ball, the tal­ent­ed mid­field­er on­ly man­aged to score once.

Af­ter his ex­it from the sport, Leon be­gan a new chap­ter in the area of coach­ing, first at W Con­nec­tion and lat­er with the coun­try's Un­der-15 and Un­der-17 teams.

Leon's death sent shock­waves through­out the foot­ball fra­ter­ni­ty, with many ex-na­tion­al play­ers tak­ing to so­cial me­dia to ex­press their sad­ness and shock.

Yes­ter­day a re­lease from the T&T Foot­ball As­so­ci­a­tion said: " Clyde was a loy­al and hum­ble ser­vant to foot­ball who has left some won­der­ful mem­o­ries that will nev­er fade from our hearts. The T&T Foot­ball As­so­ci­a­tion is ex­tend­ing deep­est and most heart­felt con­do­lences to the fam­i­ly of for­mer Na­tion­al Men's team mid­field­er Clyde Leon fol­low­ing his pass­ing this morn­ing. Re­ports are that Clyde died of a heart at­tack ear­li­er to­day. Leon, 37, is a past Men's na­tion­al se­nior team team and youth team play­er. He al­so served as Men's Na­tion­al U-17 and U-15 As­sis­tant Coach.

The for­mer W Con­nec­tion FC play­er won the T&T Pro League ti­tle with the club in 2011/2012. He made 48 ap­pear­ances for this Coun­try af­ter mak­ing his in­ter­na­tion­al de­but against Guyana in an in­ter­na­tion­al friend­ly on March 2nd 2004.

He al­so wore the cap­tain's arm­band for the T&T Se­nior Team for which his fi­nal ap­pear­ance came in a Caribbean Cup qual­i­fi­er against Suri­name on No­vem­ber 16th 2012 at the Dwight Yorke Sta­di­um."

W Con­nec­tion Chief Ex­ec­u­tive Of­fi­cer (CEO) Re­nee John-Williams said: " Clyde’s sud­den pass­ing was a dev­as­tat­ing blow for our or­ga­ni­za­tion, even as we re­main in pause due to COVID. He was a part of the W Con­nec­tion fam­i­ly for the last 18 years as a play­er start­ing in 2003 with our U-20 team and was al­ways pas­sion­ate about the game and our club.

He rep­re­sent­ed well at all lev­els in the do­mes­tic game - SS­FL, Pro League, and on the Na­tion­al Team and will be great­ly missed by every­one whose life he im­pact­ed. He was a good friend to us all and we are heart­bro­ken by this loss.

We wish to ex­tend our most heart­felt con­do­lences to his son, his fam­i­ly, friends and loved ones. Rest In Peace Clyde. We will miss you."