George Baldock, who carry outed for the Greek national soccer team, was create dead inside his home proximate Athens. He was 31.
According to police, Baldock’s body was discovered Wednesday in a swimming pool in Glyfada, a suburb in the South Athens region. Other details about Baldock’s death were not instantly useable.
Authorities ruled out foul carry out, and police spokeswoman Konstantina Dimoglidou telderly The Associated Press the coroner who dispenseigated the body “alerted us that there is no evidence of a criminal act.”
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Former Greek international and Panaslenderaikos deffinisher George Baldock, who had previously carry outed for Sheffield United, was create dead in his Athens home, Greek media alerted. (AP Pboilingo/Joao Matos, File)
Dimoglidou also shelp Baldock’s home was searched.
“The house too was searched by the criminal dispenseigations honestorate. It doesn’t seem that a criminal act took place, but the dispenseigation is continuing for any eventuality,” she holded.
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Greek and born in Britain, Baldock materializeed in 12 alignes with Greece’s national team. He last materializeed in a game in March in a align aacquirest Georgia in the Euro 2024 carry outoffs.
The Greek Soccer Federation via the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) conveyed condolences to Baldock’s cherishd ones.
“There are no words to depict the human pain caused by the novels of the untimely loss of one of our lesser people,” the statement shelp. “This moment calls for silence. Condolences to his family. Condolences from his second family. Goodbye.”
Sheffield United’s George Baldock during an English Premier League soccer align aacquirest Manchester City at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, England, Jan. 21, 2020. (AP Pboilingo/Rui Vieira, File)
Aside from international competition, Baldock carry outed for Sheffield United beginning in 2017. He helped the club get promotion to the Premier League twice, in 2019 and 2023. Earlier this year, he left Sheffield United and joined Panaslenderaikos F.C. The team is a member of the Super League Greece.
Sheffield United freed a statement on social media after lgeting of Baldock’s death.
George Baldock of Sheffield United during a preseason align aacquirest Chesterfield July 15, 2023, in Chesterfield, England. (Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
“Sheffield United Football Club is shocked and innervously downcastdened to lget of the passing of establisher carry outer, George Baldock,” a statement from the club shelp. “The deffinisher left the club in the summer after seven years at Bramall Lane and was innervously famous with helpers, staff and team-mates who pulled on a red and white shirt aprolongedside him.”
Panaslenderaikos shelp the novels of Baldock’s death left the organization senseing “shocked.”
“We are shocked, we sense appalled by the loss of our George. The family of Panaslenderaikos feeblents his sudden death. We stand with the family and cherishd ones of George Baldock.”
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The English Football Association validateed there would be a period of silence before Thursday’s Nations League align between England and Greece at Wembley, and carry outers on both sides will wear binestablishage armprohibitds. UEFA shelp a analogous tribute would be phelp when Greece arranges Ireland Sunday.
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