Panathinaikos defender George Baldock, a former Greece worldwide who additionally performed for Sheffield United for seven seasons, has been discovered lifeless in his Athens house, Greek media reported. He was 31.
Exterior pictures of Athens flat advanced the place footballer Baldock discovered lifeless
State-run ERT tv stated the physique of Baldock was discovered late Wednesday in his swimming pool within the southern suburb of Glyfada. The reason for loss of life was not instantly clear.
Britain-born Baldock was known as up for Greece in 2022 and performed 12 matches, the final in March in Greece’s loss on penalties to Georgia within the Euro 2024 playoffs.
He was not in Greece’s squad for Thursday’s UEFA Nations League sport towards England.
Baldock joined Sheffield United in 2017 and helped the membership earn promotion to the Premier League twice, in 2019 and 2023. He joined Panathinaikos in Could, on a three-year contract, after Sheffield United was once more relegated to England’s second division.
“Sheffield United Soccer Membership is shocked and intensely saddened to study of the passing of former participant, George Baldock,” the English membership stated on social media. “The defender left the membership in the summertime after seven years at Bramall Lane and was extraordinarily widespread with supporters, workers and team-mates who pulled on a crimson and white shirt alongside him.”
