Maccabi Haifa announced Tuesday that midfielder Gadi Kinda, an Israel international, has died. The former Sporting Kansas City player was 31 years old. The club announced two weeks ago that Kinda had been hospitalized "going through a complex medical battle in recent weeks,

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.

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.