"Legends never die. Legends are honoured," is how Spanish club Sevilla remembered Gambian football great Alhaji Momodou Njie, who was better known as "Biri Biri", after his death on Sunday.
"They always live on in the hearts of the fans," the club continued in its video tribute to their former forward.
Biri Biri passed away in the Senegalese capital Dakar, aged 72. As yet no cause of death has been announced.
He was the first Gambian to play professional football overseas when he signed for Danish club B.1901 Nykobing FL in 1972.
The club spotted him when they went to Banjul for a training camp and in 1973 he left them to join Spanish side Sevilla, where he spent five seasons.
Such was his impact at Sevilla that whenever he returned to the club the fans would still be singing his name and welcomed him with open arms.
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