Germany stunned as national goalkeeper Robert Enke commits suicide
Germany international Robert Enke has committed suicide at the age of 32.
The goalkeeper was struck by a train travelling at 100mph between Norddeich and Hanover at a railway crossing in Neustadt am Rubenberge and died at the scene. He left behind a note but police have not revealed its contents.
The player's friend and consultant Joerg Neblung said: 'I can confirm this is a case of suicide. He took his own life just before 6pm.'
Enke leaves behind his wife, Teresa, and an eight-month-old daughter who the couple had adopted in May.
The Enkes lost their own daughter Lara in 2006 when she died of a rare heart condition at the age of just two. It has emerged that the spot where Enke died was just 200 yards from her grave.
Tributes to Enke have flooded in from his former clubs. The keeper started his career at Carl Zeiss Jena and had spells at Borussia Monchengladbach, Benfica, Barcelona, Fenerbahce and Tenerife before joining Hannover in 2004.
He only recently recovered from the illness and made his return for Hannover in their Bundesliga win over Cologne on October 31.
However, he was omitted from the Germany squad for their upcoming friendly matches against Chile on Saturday and the Ivory Coast next Wednesday. 'We are all shocked,' said Germany's general manager Oliver Bierhoff. 'We are lost for words.'
The president of the German Football Association (DFB) Dr Theo Zwanziger added that he and the rest of the football community in Germany are stunned and in mourning. 'All our sympathy goes to the wife of Robert Enke and his family,' he added on the DFB's website.
Enke's death may force a postponement of Saturday's game against Chile. Fans were flocking to Hannover's Niedersachsen Stadion on Tuesday night where they were laying flowers and lighting candles at the gates in memory of their captain. (c)
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12.11.2009 в 00:41это ужасно. ужасно просто. не могу поверить((( вот недавно только говорила о нём...