Former Sporting KC star Gadi Kinda has died at the age of 31. Israel soccer team Maccabi Haifa — Kinda’s club at the time of his death — had previously announced that the midfielder was battling a complex medical situation. The illness was never publicly disclosed.

Former Sporting Kansas City midfielder Gadi Kinda died, his club Maccabi Haifa FC announced Tuesday. He was 31.

Gadi Kinda, a midfielder on the Israeli national soccer team who previously played for Sporting Kansas City in the MLS, died Tuesday. He was 31. Kinda's Israeli club, Maccabi Haifa, announced his death following his hospitalization for an undisclosed condition.