15 years ago, Kiyan Prince passed away after being stabbed in the chest while trying to break up a fight outside his school in London. The 15-year-old was a promising football player, an academy player at Queen's Park Rangers--and now QPR has officially signed him in an initiative to raise awareness for knife crime, Video Games Chronicle reports.
👑 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞.
— QPR FC (@QPR) May 18, 2021
On the 1️⃣5️⃣th anniversary of his death.
𝗞𝗶𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 returns to life as the professional footballer he should have been 💙@easportsfifa 𝘅 @thekpf#QPR | #LongLiveThePrince pic.twitter.com/csbZBvhvhQ
Prince has been assigned the squad number 30, marking how old he would have been if he was still alive today, and has also been added to FIFA 21's QPR squad. The tribute is the result of a partnership with the Kiyan Prince Foundation, which was established by Prince's family to educate young people about knife crime.
"Through this campaign my hope is that the world finally gets to glimpse Kiyan’s incredible potential fulfilled," said Prince's father and KPF founder Dr Mark Prince. "We get to honour his talent and, hopefully, we can inspire other kids to honour their own talent too."
15 years ago today, Kiyan Prince lost his life.
— EA SPORTS FIFA (@EASPORTSFIFA) May 18, 2021
Today, we honour his legacy and the player he was destined to become.
Introducing @QPR's new number 30 @TheKPF @EFL #LONGLIVETHEPRINCE pic.twitter.com/tlVHu7JDt0
"Most of these guys, this generation, they play FIFA, they will see Kiyan and if that can change just one of their mindsets then it will be a benefit,” QPR Director of Football Les Ferdinand added.
Kiyan Prince is now included in FIFA 21‘s Kick-Off mode and career mode on PC, while console players will be able to access him from May 19.
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