Lamrabatte is said to have died after jumping off a high cliff. That was in the southwestern part of the island. Mourad would have misjudged his jump and ended up on rocks and then ended up in the water.
Vitesse says on Twitter that it has received “the sad message” that Mourad Lamrabatte has passed away. “We wish family and friends a lot of strength and strength,” said the club.
Relatives and friends of the ex-Jong-Vitesse player Maroud Besselink receive countless statements of support from the sports world. Not just former colleague football players and share in the grieving process. Lambaratte was also active in martial arts. His trainer Mesut Cam shared an in memoriam message on Facebook. ‘We will miss you, Mourad. I always called you the Moroccan lion. That’s how you will always be for me too.’
As a football player his last name was Besselink, later he changed it to Lamrabratte. The 31-year-old sportsman jumped on Thursday afternoon in front of his girlfriend and two young children from a cliff about 25 meters high on the Malgrats Islands. His girlfriend was just filming the jump from her cell phone from a boat and watched it crash into rocks and then disappear into the sea.
Go Ahead
Lamrabatte was a well-known and fanatical sportsman in Arnhem and the surrounding area. In his youth he played for NEC, AGOVV, Go Ahead Eagles and Jong Vitesse. Lamrabatte wore the shirt of Vitesse during the 2010|2011 season, where he was part of the U23 team. The team of then coach Gerry Hamstra also won the U23 cup in that season, the Arnhem premier divisionist reports on its website.
After his career in football, the sportsman in Arnhem opted for a career as a kickboxer. There he built a name as a hard, passionate trainer with the heart in the right place. Mourad’s students remember him as a fanatic sportsman with his heart in the right place, writes his trainer.