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Ivory Coast player’s body found in Rhine
Wigan posted on their Twitter account: “We are saddened to hear reports of our former defender Steve Gohouri passing away”.
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Wigan Athletic have also expressed their sadness at the news.
The defender, who represented the Latics for two and a half campaigns, was reported missing on December 12 after having been at the Christmas party of his German employers TSV Steinbach, who now play in the fourth tier of German football, according to BBC Sport.
On Saturday, police confirmed a body had been recovered in Krefeld, to the north-west of Dusseldorf, which was subsequently identified as Gohouri.
German police confirmed his body had been found in the River Rhine in the western city of Krefeld.
“All the officials, players, coaches and assistants of TSV Steinbach are deeply moved by the death of Steve Gohouri”, the club said.
“Our thoughts are with his family”, the tweet said.
He was reported missing by his family on 12 December.
“Our thoughts are with his relatives in these hard hours”.
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Gohouri played for his national Ivory Coast side in 2006, scoring three goal during his appearances. The autopsy has shown that the player resorted to drug taking before plunging presumably to his death in the river.