Ex-Barcelona goalkeeper Rustu Recber hospitalised with COVID-19

Rustu Recber returned a positive coronavirus test and has been hospitalised in Turkey.

Turkey great Rustu Recber

Turkey great Rustu Recber has been hospitalised after testing positive for coronavirus, his wife Isil has revealed.

Goalkeeper Rustu spent much of his club career at Fenerbahce, including a loan stint with the Turkish Super Lig giant during a three-year stay at Barcelona.

A star of the 2002 World Cup, Rustu played just seven times for Barca - all within the 2003-04 season - but retired aged 39 in 2012 with 120 international caps to his name.

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The 46-year-old's wife Isil posted on her Instagram page on Saturday to inform fans of her husband's diagnosis.

"I would like to give you more positive news while sharing the truth in the most transparent way, but I'm sorry to say that my husband Rustu is hospitalised with the diagnosis of COVID-19," she wrote.

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İyi geceler; Sizlerle gerçeği en şeffaf şekilde paylaşırken daha güzel haberler vermek isterdim fakat üzülerek eşim Rüstü'yü COVİD-19 teşhisiyle hastaneye yatırmış bulunuyoruz.Herşey normal ilerlerken birden bire gelişen hızlı semptomlarla biz de olayın şokundayız.Kritik süreçler ve çok zor ,Allah benim değerli eşimle beraber tüm hastalara acil şifa kolaylık versin . Tek ricam şu süreçte insanların biraz daha vicdanlı ve saygılı olabilmeleri.Ailecek yaptırdığımız testlerde benim, kızımın ve oğlumun negatif sadece eşimin pozitif çıkmıştır. Bu sebeple bizler evde kendisi hastanede ve görüş izni yok.Aslında en zor olanı da bu yanında olamamak.Ama Allah büyük önce ona sonra Türk hekimlerine emanet, inşallah bu da geçecek..Telefonlarım kilitlendi dönüş yapamıyorum üzgünüm tüm sevenlere dostlara sizlere yürekten sevgiler.Dualarınızı eksik etmeyin lütfen bu çok önemli....#sengüçlüsünRR

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"We are shocked by the rapid symptoms that developed suddenly when everything was normal. These are critical and difficult times.

"May Allah give emergency relief to all patients, including my dear husband.

"My only request is that people can be a little more conscientious and respectful in the process. In the tests we have done, my daughter and son were negative and only my husband was positive.

"For this reason, we are at home while he's in hospital, and we are not allowed to see him. In fact, this is the most difficult part, not being able to be with him.

"Allah is great and is entrusted to him and the Turkish doctors. I hope this will pass."