German keeper Enke dies after being hit by express train
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German football was in shock after it was confirmed that the national team goalkeeper Robert Enke was killed in an incident at a railway level crossing yesterday.
The 32-year-old was struck by a regional express train at Neustadt am Rubenberge near Hanover and died at the scene. Local police said early indications were that it was suicide. Last night Enke's agent Jörg Neblung said: "I can confirm this is a case of suicide. He took his own life just before six [pm]. There will be a press conference tomorrow with more details."
Enke leaves behind his wife, Teresa, and an eight-month-old daughter whom 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.
Enke played for Carl Zeiss Jena, Borussia Monchengladbach, Benfica, Barcelona, Fenerbahce and Tenerife. He then returned to the Bundesliga, joining Hannover in 2004 and earned his first cap for Germany in 2007.
His national team colleagues learnt the news after training yesterday. "We are lost for words," said Germany's general manager Oliver Bierhoff.
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To be honest, I hadn't really heard of Robert Enke, but an on-line search showed he had a distinguished career which had perhaps not even reached its peak. But what does football matter when he had lost his daughter, aged two, and he leaves behind a wife and adopted child?
Hanover fans have been out in great numbers laying flowers in his memory, and they too will be feeling utter shock and disbelief.
Depresion is a hidden disease, and I hope that if anything comes from this, it will be more help for those who suffer.