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Mystery as award-winning former Chelsea soccer star's young wife dies - leaving behind their two-year-old son and sending Australian football into shock

The Australian football community is in mourning after Macarthur FC star Ulises Dávila's wife died suddenly this week.

The former Mexican international and Chelsea football star is one of the biggest names in the Australian A-League and the 31-year-old shares a child, Uli Jnr, with his late wife.

Tributes have been flowing in from A-League clubs and the international football community, with the A-League social media account posting: 'Everyone at the A-Leagues is saddened to hear @mfcbulls' tragic news that Ulises Dávila's wife, Lily, passed away overnight,' he said.

'We are saddened to hear Ulises Dávila's wife, Lily has tragically passed away overnight.