The Slovak football player of Brazilian origin, Dionatan Teixeira, died at the age of 25 of a cardiac arrest, reported media on Sunday citing his club Moldavian Šeriff Tiraspoľ. "The thoughts of all at #SCFC are with the family & friends of our former player Dionatan Teixeira following his untimely passing," wrote of one of Teixeira's former clubs, English Premier league Stoke City on its Twitter account. Before moving to England in 2014, Teixeira started his professional career in Slovakia having played for Košice, Slovan Bratislava, Baník Ružiná and Dukla Banská Bystrica. In the past, Texeira represented Slovakia, playing in the U21 team.
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