Former Sheffield United defender George Baldock has died on the age of 31.
The England-born Greece worldwide was discovered lifeless within the swimming pool of his home in Glyfada, southern Athens.
Police tried to resuscitate Baldock on the scene however he couldn’t be revived and medical emergency models confirmed his dying, Reuters information company reported, citing a police official.
Baldock had joined Greek aspect Panathinaikos in the summertime after seven years on the Blades.
Sheffield United expressed their shock on the information, saying: “The defender left the membership in the summertime after seven years at Bramall Lane and was extraordinarily common with supporters, employees and team-mates who pulled on a purple and white shirt alongside him.
“The honest condolences of everybody related to Sheffield United are prolonged to George’s household and associates.”
Baldock had made 4 appearances for Panathinaikos and began of their goalless draw with Olympiakos on Sunday.
He was capped 12 occasions by Greece, who he certified for by way of his grandmother. Greece play England within the Nations League on Thursday, though Baldock had not been chosen for the sport.
The Greece nationwide group stated in a press release: “With profound unhappiness and sorrow, the nationwide group and the Greek Soccer Federation bid farewell to George Baldock.
“There aren’t any phrases to explain the human ache attributable to the information of the surprising lack of considered one of our personal, younger, man. The second forces silence. Condolences to his household. Condolences from his second household.”
Baldock began his profession at MK Dons in 2009 and performed greater than 100 occasions for them.
He had mortgage spells with a number of golf equipment together with Northampton and Oxford United, earlier than becoming a member of Sheffield United in 2017.
He made 219 appearances in all competitions for the membership, serving to them to promotion to the Premier League in 2019 and once more in 2023.
Baldock was born in Buckingham however opted to signify Greece in Could 2022, when he was known as up for the nationwide group for the primary time by supervisor Gus Poyet.
He made his debut for the nation the next month in a 1-0 win over Northern Eire at Windsor Park in Belfast.
