{"id":366650,"date":"2017-10-30T09:01:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T09:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=366650"},"modified":"2017-10-30T09:01:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T09:01:15","slug":"junior-agogo-suffers-stroke-struggles-to-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/junior-agogo-suffers-stroke-struggles-to-speak\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Agogo suffers stroke, struggles to speak"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Black Stars striker, Junior Agogo is struggling to speak after suffering a devastating stroke two years ago.<\/p>\n

Agogo, 38-year-old, suffered the stroke in January 2015<\/strong><\/a><\/span>, after retiring from football and now has\u00a0Aphasia.<\/p>\n

Junior Agogo is now being taken care of by his mother.<\/p>\n

Aphasia is an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write.<\/p>\n

Aphasia is due to injury to\u00a0the brain, especially from a stroke.<\/p>\n

In some cases, it makes communications with the patient impossible. It is associated with difficulty to retrieve names of objects and inability to put together sentences.<\/p>\n

Speaking for the first time after the stroke, Agogo in a BBC documentary published on Sunday, said the stroke left him lacking confidence, and he feels socially isolated.<\/p>\n

Agogo played for Bristol Rovers between 2003 to 2006, before moving to Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n

Junior Agogo (real name Manuel Agogo), is a Ghanaian striker who made 140 appearances for the Rovers.<\/p>\n

He joined from then Conference side Barnet, for a fee of \u00a3110,000 with Giuliano Grazioli moving to Underhill as part of the deal.<\/p>\n

Agogo was a member of the Black Star squad that participated in 2008 African Cup of Nations which was hosted by Ghana.<\/p>\n

Click below for Mr. Agogo speaking to the BBC:<\/strong><\/p>\n