Robert Enke has died after being hit by a train
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 764 views
The 32-year-old died close to his home in Neustadt-Eilvese, Hannover, near a railway level crossing. “First indications point to suicide,” a media officer for the Niedersachsen police said.
Robert Enke won eight international caps and was in the running to play at the World Cup in South Africa next year. However, he missed Germany’s last three qualifiers with a stomach virus and having just returned to action after almost two months out was omitted from the latest squad.
His national team colleagues learned of the tragic news of his death after training in Bonn on Tuesday and Germany’s general manager Oliver Bierhoff said: “We are all shocked. 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 deeply distressed and in mourning”.
