Anton Walkes, a defender for Major League Soccer team Charlotte FC, has died aged 25, Charlotte FC announced in a statement.
Walkes began his club career with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, making one appearance for the club in the League Cup. In 2017, he was loaned to Atlanta United.
Walkes began his club career with Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, making one appearance for the club in the League Cup. In 2017, he was loaned to Atlanta United. In August, his loan was extended until the end of the 2017 season.
READ ALSO :Who was Anton Walkes?
Walkes was then loaned out to League One club Portsmouth, playing the remainder of the 2017–18 season before being signed by Portsmouth permanently in July 2018.
He spent two further seasons with Portsmouth, winning the EFL Trophy in 2019, before returning to Atlanta United in January 2020. He was signed by Charlotte FC in 2022, where he remained until his death a year later.
Anton Walkes cause of death: What happened to Anton Walkes?
According to our findings, on January 19, 2023, Walkes died in a boating crash in Miami, Florida, where Charlotte FC was spending a twelve-day training camp.
The London-born soccer player was found unconscious and received CPR but ultimately did not survive, according to sources. He was 25.
He was born on February 8, 1997, in the London Borough of Lewisham, United Kingdom, and was of Jamaican descent.
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