BREAKING NEWS: Germany Goalkeeper Robert Enke Dies Aged 32

[getborn]

Germany and Hannover goalkeeper Robert Enke has died at the age of 32.

Hannover 96 president Martin Kind announced the death of the former Barcelona stopper on Tuesday afternoon, according to the agency dpa.

Nothing has yet been confirmed about the cause of death, but German source Morgenpost Online, early signs point towards suicide.

The website quotes a spokesperson from the Hannover police as saying, "Enke has thrown himself under a train at Neustadt am Rübenberge."

The incident is said to have taken place in the small town of Neustadt at around 18:25 local time. There has yet been no formal verdict of suicide, but police will give a press conference at 21:00 with more details.

Enke is survived by his wife, Teresa

[Thryle 7]

RIP very sad news

[TOPGUNJIMMYAUFC]

stop an think for a minute people, look at yah friends an people around you, if you see something like this , help it not happen!!




life is getting tough......sad, so fknnnn sad........if you see someone who feels like this, help them ok.....you maybe save there life an never regrett something like this, if it was your friend.....

[adriano10]

Germany Goalkeeper Robert Enke Dies Aged 32
The Nationalmannscahft stopper passed away on the afternoon of November 10th...
Germany and Hannover goalkeeper Robert Enke has died at the age of 32.

Hannover 96 president Martin Kind announced the death of the former Barcelona stopper on Tuesday afternoon, according to the agency dpa.

Kind said, "It is a tragedy. You expect many things, but not something like that.

"I do not know how and why it happened, but I do not think that it had anything to do with football."

Nothing has yet been officially confirmed about the cause of death, but according to German source Morgenpost Online, early signs point towards suicide.

The website quotes a spokesperson from the Hannover police as saying, "Enke has thrown himself under a train at Neustadt am Rübenberge."

The incident is said to have taken place in the small town of Neustadt at around 18:25 local time.

Unhappy

Enke is survived by his wife, Teresa. The couple had a daughter, Lara, who died at the age of two in 2007. Recently they had adopted a new baby girl.

It has been hinted at by Hannover officials, and stated explicitly by the German press, that Enke never truly recovered from the death of his daughter, and that personal pressures such as these were the cause of his suicide.

Bild journalist Wolf Bruer explained to Sky Sports, "It seems to be deliberate suicide. He has apparently driven his car this evening to a train crossing station (level crossing), waited for the train, and the train hit him.

"The president of Hannover confirmed indeed that it's a very sad news. He also said, very importantly, that he confirmed Robert Enke had been a very unstable person."

Career

Enke's early footballing days were in Jena, his home town, where he made his professional debut with Carl Zeiss Jena in 1995.

From there he moved first to Moenchengladbach and then to Lisbon to play for Benfica, where he remains a cult hero.

Barcelona picked him up on a Bosman deal in 2002, but here he struggled, taking loan spells first at Fenerbahce and then Tenerife.

At the island club, though, he regained sufficient stature to be signed by Hannover, and here he became a late bloomer, becoming captain and gaining international recognition at the age of 29.

Enke's death came at a time when he was undisputed number one for his club and had also regained this title for Germany.

However, a recent bout of illness had seen Enke miss out on the latest Germany squad.

[don poosti]

Germany and Hannover 96 goalkeeper Robert Enke has died after being hit by a train in an apparent suicide, police have confirmed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/footbal ... 353733.stm

[DOC]

saw the hannover game on the weekend and yeah he didn't look right, maybe some signs there, but he was a great keeper and played very well, definately germanies number 1 stopper...
i guess it comes from the depression from his daughters death, playing proffesionally prob never allowed him to get over it properly...
RIP

[Tomas Brolin]

Was just at the gym and saw this headline come across the sky news screen. Very shocked, he was a very good goalkeeper..this has truely saddened me.

[Red-4-Life]

this is terrible news. first thing i saw this morning when i woke up. RIP

[Azz]

very sad time RIP

was always a good goal keeper to watch and i rated him highly.

[TOPGUNJIMMYAUFC]

Thousands pay respects to soccer star


November 12, 2009 08:43pm
ABOUT 35,000 people took part in a solemn procession through central Hanover to pay their respects to Robert Enke, the star goalkeeper who committed suicide this week.

Fans marched from a memorial service in the centre of the western German city to the Hannover 96 stadium where Enke played. Outside the ground there were large numbers of candles, flowers and cards.

Enke, 32, threw himself under a train on Tuesday evening in a small town near Hanover. It emerged on Wednesday that he had been suffering from depression for several years.

"I tried to give him hope again, to show him that football was not everything, that we had each other," his tearful widow Teresa told the press on Tuesday.

"I was always by his side: I believed, with love, we could pull through this. But football meant everything to him."

In 2006, the couple suffered personal tragedy when their two-year-old daughter Lara died of a heart defect. They adopted a baby girl, Leila, just eight months ago.

Enke was understudy to Germany's then first-team keeper Jens Lehmann during the 2008 European championships and took over in goal for Germany when Lehmann retired in August 2008.

A stomach bug in September caused him to pull out of the national squad, but last Sunday he returned to play for his club and he had a good chance of being selected for next year's World Cup finals in South Africa.

"I am completely shocked and absolutely empty," national coach Joachim Loew said.

"Robert was not only a talented player, but also a great person ... He could really listen and treated everyone with unbelievable respect."

"His death is an immense loss and we will miss him, as both a high-class sportsman and an exceptional person."

Germany's friendly against Chile on Saturday has been cancelled as a mark of respect.