Aytemiz Alanyaspor and Czech Republic footballer Josef Sural was killed on Sunday in a minibus crash, aged 28.
As Reuters relayed, seven of club's players hired the vehicle to travel from their Turkish top-flight match with Kayserispor. Turkish news agency Anadolu said the crash happened around 3.1 miles from the town of Alanya on the southern coast of the country.
Sural is reported to have died in hospital after the crash. Six of his team-mates were also taken to hospital.
Alanyaspor confirmed Sural had died on Twitter:
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