Former Czech Republic defender Frantisek Rajtoral, who won the domestic league title four times before joining Turkish club Gaziantepspor, died on Sunday. He was 31.

The Czech football federation said in a statement that Rajtoral had "committed suicide in Turkey."

His agent Pavel Zika confirmed the player's death, describing it as a "huge tragedy."

Gaziantepspor announced Rajtoral's death in a brief statement on its website.

“Unfortunately I can confirm that the news of suicide is true,” Gaziantepspor president Ibrahim Kizil said.