"There are no right words to say goodbye to a 20 year old boy: our hearts go out to Seid Visin, his family and those who loved him." In a message to its 7.8 million followers on Twitter, AC Milan paid tribute to one of its great hopes passed through its academy. Like the Lombard club, Italy is in shock at the tragic death of the ex-midfielder who killed himself in his home in Nocera Inferiore, south of Naples. “I got to know Seid when I arrived in Milan. We lived together at the boarding school. Years have passed but I cannot and I do not want to forget his incredible smile and his joie de vivre ”, regretted, moved, the Milanese and international goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma.
Non ci sono parole giuste per dire addio a un ragazzo di 20 anni: i nostri pensieri vanno a Seid Visin, alla sua famiglia ea chi gli voleva bene.
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- AC Milan Youth Sector (@acmilanyouth) June 4, 2021
Seid Visin was born in Ethiopia in 2000 before being adopted by an Italian couple at the age of seven.
His new family was settled in the south of Italy but it was in the north of the country that he quickly put his bags down after being detected by AC Milan, which integrated him into its training center.
During these years of training, he had rubbed shoulders with the current stars of the Serie A club, but he had not managed to break through at the highest level.
Il cordoglio del Benevento Calcio per la scomparsa dell'ex calciatore Seid Visin https://t.co/q3OznZBzhO
- Benevento Calcio (@bncalcio) June 4, 2021
Passed by the Benevento club, the midfielder had ended up turning his back on a professional career to devote himself to his studies but his passion for the round ball remained tenacious.
He played at the futsal club Atletico Vitalica who lost "an enormous talent with a fragile heart."
"We will keep in mind your discretion and your aversion to seeing football only as a source of income," added the leaders of the transalpine club.
Seid Visin lived on odd jobs and worked as a waiter.
“Everywhere I go, I feel the weight of the skeptical, biased, disgusted and frightened looks of people.
Something has changed in me.
It's as if I was ashamed of being black ”
His disappearance caused a wave of emotions all the greater since a few months ago, on social networks, he had confided his discomfort, regretting the climate of racism reigning in his adopted country. “Everywhere I go, I feel the weight of the skeptical, biased, disgusted and frightened looks of people. Something has changed in me. It's as if I was ashamed of being black as if I was afraid of being considered an immigrant ", he wrote before adding:" I don't want people to be sorry for me. , I just want to remind myself that the trials and sufferings I am going through are just a drop of water compared to the ocean of pain experienced by those who would rather die instead of leading an existence in misery and poverty. hell. These people are risking their lives, some have already lost it,just to taste what we just call life. ” A call that resonates particularly loudly given the circumstances of his death. But his father informed the transalpine media that this suicide was not directly linked to the discrimination he could have been subjected to in recent years.
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