Czech Republic international Frantisek Rajtoral has committed suicide at the age of 31, the country s football association has confirmed.
Midfielder Rajtoral made 19 appearances for the Super Lig side after completing a switch from Viktoria Plzen, where he won four Czech First League titles in eight seasons.
He made 14 appearances for the Czech Republic and was a member of their squad for Euro 2012, during which he played twice.
The Czech Republic Football Association confirmed the news in a statement in which it expressed its deepest condolences to all relatives .
Gaziantepspor president Levent Kizil was quoted by Sporx: Unfortunately I can confirm that the news of suicide is true.
Saddened to hear of the death of Czech international František Rajtoral. Our condolences to his family,
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His team-mates were concerned after Rajtoral didn t participate in today s training session. He was a proper person with good spirits. He didn t seem to have any problem. I really don t know why he did such a thing.