MIAMI — Anton Walkes, a defender for Big League Soccer staff Charlotte FC, died Thursday right after he was associated in a boating crash in South Florida Wednesday night, authorities said.
Walkes, 25, was concerned in an accidental crash close to 3 p.m. around the Miami Maritime Stadium basin, the The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Fee reported in a penned statement.
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“Charlotte Soccer Club can confirm the tragic and heartbreaking news that defender Anton Walkes passed absent early Thursday morning next an accident in South Florida,” the assertion examine.
Charlotte FC proprietor David Tepper explained Walkes as a “remarkable son, father, husband or wife and teammate whose joyous tactic to everyday living touched absolutely everyone he satisfied.
“He will be greatly missed by a lot of and our views and prayers are with Anton’s spouse and children during this heartbreaking time,” Tepper additional. “The Club features its comprehensive assist to all all those impacted throughout this period of time of mourning.”
Walkes came through the youth ranks of Leading League club Tottenham Hotspur, in advance of going on to perform for Portsmouth and Atlanta United.
Walkes moved to the United States to be a part of Atlanta on loan in 2017, the team’s to start with MLS year, and then joined the club permanently in 2020 right after a further spell at Portsmouth.
Walkes then joined Charlotte FC for the 2022 MLS year.
“We are heartbroken to discover of the tragic passing of Anton Walkes,” his former club Atlanta stated in a assertion. “An inaugural member of Atlanta United, Anton was the epitome of a good teammate with a individuality that lit up every single area he entered.
“He will be deeply missed by all of people who understood him. On behalf of everyone at Atlanta United, we mail our deepest condolences to Anton’s spouse and children, close friends and Charlotte FC.”
Zoran Krneta, the Charlotte FC sporting director, stated the club is “heartbroken” at the decline of “a genuinely unbelievable father, loving person, and superb human being.”
“Anton embodied what it implies to be a aspect of Charlotte Soccer Club and our full group is grieving over this tragedy,” Krneta additional.
“The effects he manufactured in the locker room and throughout Charlotte will never ever be overlooked. We are imagining of his beautiful loved ones throughout this time and will help them thoroughly in each and every way possible.”
