International George Baldock found dead in his swimming pool

According to the local press, Greek international George Baldock (12 caps), who played for Panathinaikos, was found dead in the swimming pool at his home in Glyfada.

Greek football is in shock. Capped 12 times with Greece, George Baldock (31) was found dead in the swimming pool at his home in Glyfada. According to initial information, the right-back born in Birmingham (Great Britain), and who had dual Greek and English nationality, was alone at home and was found drowned. A bottle of vodka was reportedly found by the pool. An investigation will be opened. It was the wife of the former Sheffield United player, who lives in England with the couple’s child, who alerted a friend of the player, worrying about the silence of her companion.

Baldock faced the Blues in 2023

After a career in the UK at Milton Keynes Dons, Northampton Town, Oxford United and Sheffield United, and a spell in Iceland at IBV in 2012, Baldock, who had 83 Premier League appearances to his name, joined Panathinaikos last summer. , which has Greek roots.

A 12-time international, Baldock notably faced the France team on June 19, 2023 during the Euro 2024 qualifiers (France’s victory, 1-0). A meeting that he had played in its entirety.