• ‘He was hugely popular … it’s difficult to comprehend’
• Teixeira moved to Stoke in 2014, then to Sheriff Tiraspol
The former Stoke City 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 the Moldovan side Sheriff Tiraspol at the time of his death.
