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Heart condition forces 24 year-old Brighton star Mwepu to end his football career

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Brighton's Enock Mwepu retires at age 24 due to heart condition [Twitter]

Brighton midfielder Enock Mwepu has retired from soccer at the age of 24 because of a hereditary heart condition, the Premier League club said Monday.

Mwepu became ill last month on a flight to join the Zambia national team squad in Mali and was treated in a hospital there. He had further medical tests in England.

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