In this file photo taken on April 9, 2019, Shandong Luneng's Marouane Fellaini controls the ball during the AFC Champions League group stage football match between China's Shandong Luneng and Malaysia's Johor Darul Ta'zim in Jinan in China's eastern Shandong province. Fellaini has tested positive for the coronavirus, his club Shandong Luneng said on March 22, 2020, the former Manchester United player becoming the first known case in the Chinese Super League (CSL). (STR / AFP)

JINAN — Former Manchester United and Everton midfielder Marouane Fellaini has tested positive for COVID-19, his Chinese Super League (CSL) club Shandong Luneng announced on Sunday.

Fellaini is reportedly the only player in the CSL to have contracted the disease, which has afflicted more than 260,000 people across the world

The 32-year-old former Belgian international reportedly tested positive for coronavirus on March 20 after taking a train to Jinan, and has been put into medical isolation.

Fellaini is reportedly the only player in the CSL to have contracted the disease, which has afflicted more than 260,000 people across the world.

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Notable footballing figures to have been diagnosed with COVID-19 in recent days include Juventus players Paulo Dybala and Blaise Matuidi, and former AC Milan defender Paolo Maldini.

Meanwhile, former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz passed away on Saturday at the age of 75 after having been hospitalized with the condition. 

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