Former QPR youth goalkeeper Tommaso Trani has died following a short illness, the club has confirmed.
Trani, 21, was on the books at Loftus Road from 2011 to 2013 after moving from the youth set-up at AC Milan, but returned to Italy upon his release.
Interim first team head coach Neil Warnock described Trani’s death as “absolutely tragic news” and
to “a lovely, lovely lad”.
He added: “It opens everybody’s eyes to the fact that football is only a game.”