{"id":13677,"date":"2026-07-12T00:05:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/?p=13677"},"modified":"2026-07-12T00:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T23:05:47","slug":"south-african-world-cup-midfielder-jayden-adams-passes-away-at-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677","title":{"rendered":"South African World Cup midfielder Jayden Adams passes away at 25."},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

JOHANNESBURG (AP) \u2014 South African midfielder Jayden Adams, who represented his country in the World Cup<\/a><\/span>, has passed away at the age of 25.<\/p>\n

The news was confirmed by Gayton McKenzie, South Africa’s minister of sport, arts and culture, in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith profound shock and a heavy heart, I learned of the passing of Jayden Adams, a midfielder for Mamelodi Sundowns and Bafana Bafana, at just 25 years old,\u201d McKenzie shared on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth African football has lost one of its brightest talents, and our nation grieves alongside his family, teammates, and millions of fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adams played a crucial role in helping South Africa reach the World Cup knockout stage for the first time<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Further details surrounding his death have not been disclosed.<\/p>\n

McKenzie mentioned, \u201cThe cause of Jayden\u2019s passing has not yet been confirmed. I urge the media and the public to approach this news with sensitivity and refrain from speculation.\u201d<\/p>\n

A moment of silence for Adams took place prior to the World Cup quarterfinal match between Norway and England in Miami Gardens, Florida, on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Adams participated in South Africa’s initial Group A matches against Mexico and the Czech Republic. McKenzie noted that Adams played in the second match just hours after learning of his grandmother’s passing. He also appeared as a substitute in the game against South Korea.<\/p>\n

Before joining Mamelodi Sundowns last year, Adams spent several seasons at Stellenbosch, contributing to the club’s success in winning the CAF (African) Champions League this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeath has tragically taken one of our own, stripping our nation of a remarkable athlete,\u201d stated the South African Football Players Union on X<\/a><\/span>. \u201cWe will always remember his humility, extraordinary talent, and how proudly he represented South Africa. Rest in peace, Jayden. You will never be forgotten.\u201d<\/p>\n

Condolences have also been expressed by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and the South African Federation of Trade Unions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JOHANNESBURG (AP) \u2014 South African midfielder Jayden Adams, who represented his country in the World Cup, has passed away at the age of 25. The news was confirmed by Gayton McKenzie, South Africa’s minister of sport, arts and culture, in a statement on Saturday. \u201cWith profound shock and a heavy heart, I learned of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[111],"tags":[1668,216,115,1667,534,655,1666,114],"tmauthors":[],"class_list":["post-13677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-adams","tag-african","tag-cup","tag-jayden","tag-midfielder","tag-passes","tag-south","tag-world"],"yoast_head":"\nSouth African World Cup midfielder Jayden Adams passes away at 25. - Tanja7 English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"South African World Cup midfielder Jayden Adams passes away at 25. - Tanja7 English\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"JOHANNESBURG (AP) \u2014 South African midfielder Jayden Adams, who represented his country in the World Cup, has passed away at the age of 25. The news was confirmed by Gayton McKenzie, South Africa’s minister of sport, arts and culture, in a statement on Saturday. \u201cWith profound shock and a heavy heart, I learned of the […]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/urlhttps3A2F2Fassets.apnews.com2F532F092F0f3c17267b85e8730e37229f48912F1e75b7fd83df4087a115.jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Tanja7\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/13677#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/13677\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Tanja7\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/effb4ebf2e0b9c32a577250bf6751e3e\"},\"headline\":\"South African World Cup midfielder Jayden Adams passes away at 25.\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-11T23:05:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/13677\"},\"wordCount\":329,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/13677#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/urlhttps3A2F2Fassets.apnews.com2F532F092F0f3c17267b85e8730e37229f48912F1e75b7fd83df4087a115.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Adams\",\"African\",\"Cup\",\"Jayden\",\"midfielder\",\"passes\",\"South\",\"World\"],\"articleSection\":[\"headlines\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/13677#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/13677\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/13677\",\"name\":\"South African World Cup midfielder Jayden Adams passes away at 25. - Tanja7 English\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/13677#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/13677#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/urlhttps3A2F2Fassets.apnews.com2F532F092F0f3c17267b85e8730e37229f48912F1e75b7fd83df4087a115.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-11T23:05:47+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/effb4ebf2e0b9c32a577250bf6751e3e\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/13677#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/13677\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/13677#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/urlhttps3A2F2Fassets.apnews.com2F532F092F0f3c17267b85e8730e37229f48912F1e75b7fd83df4087a115.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/urlhttps3A2F2Fassets.apnews.com2F532F092F0f3c17267b85e8730e37229f48912F1e75b7fd83df4087a115.jpeg\",\"width\":980,\"height\":653},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/13677#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"South African World Cup midfielder Jayden Adams passes away at 25.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Tanja7 English\",\"description\":\"All the news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/effb4ebf2e0b9c32a577250bf6751e3e\",\"name\":\"Tanja7\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/34bc74869a70de3f3f92c455d66f4b6f7201a2b8288d8676782f0324aa6c1d0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/34bc74869a70de3f3f92c455d66f4b6f7201a2b8288d8676782f0324aa6c1d0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/34bc74869a70de3f3f92c455d66f4b6f7201a2b8288d8676782f0324aa6c1d0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Tanja7\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/tanja7.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"South African World Cup midfielder Jayden Adams passes away at 25. - Tanja7 English","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"South African World Cup midfielder Jayden Adams passes away at 25. - Tanja7 English","twitter_description":"JOHANNESBURG (AP) \u2014 South African midfielder Jayden Adams, who represented his country in the World Cup, has passed away at the age of 25. The news was confirmed by Gayton McKenzie, South Africa’s minister of sport, arts and culture, in a statement on Saturday. \u201cWith profound shock and a heavy heart, I learned of the […]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/urlhttps3A2F2Fassets.apnews.com2F532F092F0f3c17267b85e8730e37229f48912F1e75b7fd83df4087a115.jpeg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Tanja7","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677"},"author":{"name":"Tanja7","@id":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/effb4ebf2e0b9c32a577250bf6751e3e"},"headline":"South African World Cup midfielder Jayden Adams passes away at 25.","datePublished":"2026-07-11T23:05:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677"},"wordCount":329,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/urlhttps3A2F2Fassets.apnews.com2F532F092F0f3c17267b85e8730e37229f48912F1e75b7fd83df4087a115.jpeg","keywords":["Adams","African","Cup","Jayden","midfielder","passes","South","World"],"articleSection":["headlines"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677","url":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677","name":"South African World Cup midfielder Jayden Adams passes away at 25. - Tanja7 English","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/urlhttps3A2F2Fassets.apnews.com2F532F092F0f3c17267b85e8730e37229f48912F1e75b7fd83df4087a115.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-07-11T23:05:47+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/effb4ebf2e0b9c32a577250bf6751e3e"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/urlhttps3A2F2Fassets.apnews.com2F532F092F0f3c17267b85e8730e37229f48912F1e75b7fd83df4087a115.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/urlhttps3A2F2Fassets.apnews.com2F532F092F0f3c17267b85e8730e37229f48912F1e75b7fd83df4087a115.jpeg","width":980,"height":653},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/13677#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"South African World Cup midfielder Jayden Adams passes away at 25."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/","name":"Tanja7 English","description":"All the news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/effb4ebf2e0b9c32a577250bf6751e3e","name":"Tanja7","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34bc74869a70de3f3f92c455d66f4b6f7201a2b8288d8676782f0324aa6c1d0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34bc74869a70de3f3f92c455d66f4b6f7201a2b8288d8676782f0324aa6c1d0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34bc74869a70de3f3f92c455d66f4b6f7201a2b8288d8676782f0324aa6c1d0a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Tanja7"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/author\/admin"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/urlhttps3A2F2Fassets.apnews.com2F532F092F0f3c17267b85e8730e37229f48912F1e75b7fd83df4087a115.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13677"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13679,"href":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13677\/revisions\/13679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13677"},{"taxonomy":"tmauthors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tanja7.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tmauthors?post=13677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}