Former Sheffield United defender George Baldock drowned while swimming in the pool at his home in Athens, his family said in a statement. The England-born Greece international’s death was confirmed on Wednesday night at the age of 31.

George Baldock, a British-born soccer player who played for Panathinaikos and the Greek national football team, has died at the age of 31, Greece’s Ministry of Citizen Protection confirmed to CNN.

English soccer star George Baldock has died at the age of 31. According to the BBC, the athlete — who was born in the U.K. but also held Greek nationality — was found dead in a swimming pool at his home in Glyfada, Athens, on Wednesday, Oct. 9.