Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Henry Ivor Baldock[1] | ||
Date of birth | 9 March 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Buckingham, England | ||
Date of death | 9 October 2024 | (aged 31)||
Place of death | Glyfada, South Athens, Greece | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||
Youth career | |||
–2009 | Milton Keynes Dons | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2017 | Milton Keynes Dons | 104 | (2) |
2011 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2012 | → Tamworth (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2012 | → ÍBV (loan) | 16 | (1) |
2012 | → Tamworth (loan) | 15 | (1) |
2015–2016 | → Oxford United (loan) | 39 | (3) |
2017–2024 | Sheffield United | 205 | (6) |
2024 | Panathinaikos | 3 | (0) |
Total | 390 | (13) | |
International career | |||
2022–2024 | Greece | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Henry Ivor Baldock (Greek: Τζορτζ Μπάλντοκ; 9 March 1993 – 9 October 2024) was a professional footballer who played as a right-back or right wing-back.
Baldock started his career at Milton Keynes Dons, where he played 125 total games, and was also loaned to Northampton Town, Tamworth, ÍBV and Oxford United. With the last of those clubs, he made the League Two PFA Team of the Year for 2015–16. In 2017, he signed for Sheffield United where he spent seven seasons, including three in the Premier League. After making 219 appearances for the club, he joined Panathinaikos of Super League Greece in 2024.
Born in England and with Greek ancestry through his grandmother, Baldock represented the Greece national team on 12 occasions from 2022 until his death in 2024.