Former Stoke defender Dionatan Teixeira has died aged 25, the Premier League club have announced.
The Brazilian-born player, who played twice for Stoke's first team after moving to the club in 2014, was registered with Moldovan side Sheriff Tiraspol at the time of his death.
After joining them in February he made 10 appearances as Sheriff won the Moldovan National Division title.
Teixeira also played for Kosice, Slovan Bratislava, Banik Ruzina and Dukla Banska Bystrica and made eight appearances for Fleetwood Town during a loan spell from Stoke in 2015.