ROME, Italy (AFP) — An autopsy into the death of Fiorentina Captain Davide Astori will be carried out today while his funeral will be held in Florence two days later, the Italian football club announced.

Italy was in shock following the sudden death on Sunday of the 31-year-old defender who played for his country 14 times.

“Fiorentina and Davide’s family inform you that the autopsy will be performed tomorrow… The funeral will take place on Thursday in the Santa Croce basilica,” the Serie A club said Monday on its Twitter account.

A judicial inquiry had been launched following the death of the player, who was found dead in his hotel room in Udine, where his team was due to play Udinese on Sunday.

“We have opened a manslaughter investigation, against X for the moment,” Antonio de Nicolo, a magistrate in the north-eastern city of Udine, told Rai radio yesterday, adding that such a procedure was “mandatory”.

De Nicolo was quoted Sunday as saying Astori died of “natural causes” after a “cardiac circulatory collapse” — a type of heart attack.

Meanwhile Fiorentina have also announced they have extended Astori’s contract with them saying the move had been in the pipeline.

“Fiorentina have renewed Astori’s contract. His salary will go to his family, his partner and his daughter,” Giovanni Malago the current acting head of Italian football said yesterday.