An autopsy will be carried out to determine how the 31-year-old died, his grief-stricken club have announced
Fiorentina have confirmed Davide Astori was found in his hotel room on Sunday and that his cause of death remains unclear.
Tributes have flowed in for the 31-year-old defender following the club's announcement that he had passed away.
Astori and the Fiorentina squad had been staying in a hotel in Udine ahead of their scheduled Serie A match with Udinese.
Club press officer Arturo Mastronardi says Astori's body was found in his room after he did not arrive for breakfast with the team on Sunday morning.