Ludek Miklosko, dan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa wanda ya sami matsayin almara a West Ham United kuma ya taimaka wajen buɗe hanya ga 'yan wasan Gabashin Turai a Ingila, ya rasu yana da shekara 64.
An san shi a tsakanin masu goyon bayansa da sunan 'Big Ludo', Miklosko ya sanar a ƙarshen 2024 cewa ya yanke shawarar daina maganin kansa, shekaru uku bayan an gano cutar. Kwanaki kadan bayan haka, ya koma West Ham don wasan Premier League da Liverpool, inda aka marabce shi kamar jarumi. An tabbatar da rasuwarsa a ranar Litinin.
Tafiya mai tarihi zuwa yamma
An haife shi a Prostejov — kusan mil 1,000 daga Moscow, kuma a haƙiƙance ya fi kusa da London — Miklosko ya isa West Ham a watan Fabrairu 1990 daga ƙungiyar Czech Banik Ostrava da £300,000, aka sanya hannu a matsayin wanda zai maye gurbin Phil Parkes a dā. Faduwar kwaminisanci ta buɗe ƙofar ga 'yan wasan su bar Gabashin Turai, kuma bayan jiran watanni biyu don samun izinin aiki — lokacin da ya yi atisaye shi kaɗai — ya zama ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na farko da ya koma Ingila daga Czechoslovakia.
Manajan Lou Macari ya tafi Prague don raka sabon sa hannu nasa zuwa filin jirgin saman Heathrow, sai dai ya yi murabus washegari. Billy Bonds ya maye gurbinsa, kuma aikin Miklosko a West Ham ya fara — ko da yake cikin ƙasƙanci, inda ɗan wasan mai shekara 28 ya zauna otal, ba ya iya Turanci sosai, yana dogara ga abokan wasa Ian Bishop da Trevor Morley don kai shi da kawo shi daga atisaye.
Jarumi na Boleyn Ground
A cikin shekaru takwas, Miklosko ya buga wasanni 374 don kulob ɗin, yana samun kyautar Hammer of the Year a lokacin da West Ham ya kara zuwa firimiya a 1991 tare da Julian Dicks da Frank McAvennie. Ya buga a semi-final na FA Cup da League Cup, ya kuma zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan da suka fi ƙaunar da aka taba samu a Boleyn Ground ta d ā.
Babu wasan da ya nuna gadonsa mafi kyau fiye da ranar ƙarshe ta kakar Premier League ta 1994-95. Manchester United suna buƙatar nasara don lashe kambun gasar na uku a jere, amma mai tsaron gida mai tsawon ƙafa 6 da inci 5 bai yarda a ratsa shi ba — ya hana Mark Hughes, Lee Sharpe, da Andy Cole a wasan da ya ƙare 1-1, ya ba Blackburn Rovers kambun, yayin da suke rasa ga Liverpool a lokaci guda. Daga baya manajan Alex Ferguson ya kwatanta wannan kwarewar da "kawanya".
Shekaru bayan haka, Miklosko ya ziyarci cibiyar horar da matasa ta Manchester United, inda ma'aikatan suka tuna da wannan rana. Ya ce a shafin yanar gizon West Ham a 2020: "Wasu daga cikinsu sun ce: 'Ina can kuma na tuna da wannan wasa kuma nakan ƙi ka'. Mun yi dariya da kyau." Ya ƙara da cewa ba ya "gajiya" da yini yana magana game da wannan wasa.
Har zuwa ƙarshe
An yi wa Miklosko tiyata a 2021 don cire ƙwayar da ya samu a ƙafar ƙugu. Bayan da maganin radiation ya taimaka da ƙwayar ciki ta biyu, ya yanke shawarar — bayan tattaunawa da likitocin sa — ya ƙi yin maganin chemotherapy don ƙwayoyin cutar da suka kara bayyana.
Ya koma Banik Ostrava a matsayin daraktan wasannin a 2022, yana son ci gaba da aiki. Masu goyon bayan kulob ɗin sun ɗaga babban tutocin tallafi a wasan da aka buga a farkon 2025, yana ɗauke da hotonsa da kalmomi 'Big Ludo'.
Ya kuma samu kambun ƙasa da ƙasa 42 — biyu na ƙarshe a ƙarƙashin Czech Republic bayan rushewar Czechoslovakia — kafin ya kammala aikinsa na wasa a Queens Park Rangers na shekaru uku, sannan ya dawo West Ham a matsayin kocin masu tsaron gida.
"West Ham United ita ce dangi na ta biyu. Bayan duk waɗannan shekaru, har yanzu suna tunawa da ni, har yanzu suna rera sunana, kuma wannan babbar farin ciki ce."
Sunansa Ludek Miklosko. Za a tuna da shi da ƙauna har abada.
