German Keeper Robert Enke Passes Away, 32.

By: chris | November 10th, 2009

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Tragic news coming through this evening: German national team and Hannover 96 keeper Robert Enke has died through what most outfits are calling an apparent suicide by train.

“The victim is apparently national team goalkeeper Robert Enke from Hannover 96,” a media officer for the Niedersachsen police told Reuters. “The first police indications are that it was a suicide.”

The German FA (DFB) also issued a statement which read: “The German team has learned of the death of Robert Enke with great shock. National team coach Joachim Loew and manager Oliver Bierhoff said ‘we are all shocked, we are speechless’.”

An incredible loss for the sport and one which, if reports are true, has at least removed all the pain from Robert’s life.

Rest in peace, Robert.

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tom

i am soory for his wife and i appreciate for all the efforts she have done at her best ...and you r the girl whom the world shall not forget and have a condolecence of mine...rest in peace robert
mehran

may god bless him and his soul rest in peace. may god help his family (specially his wife) to deal with this tragedy
Moremony

Witnessed a suicide in the Paris metro many years ago...I was sick and horrified. Police questioned everyone - what could we say? When they finally let us go - we went up to street level and there was a bridal party walking down the street. Irony?
attorney

hello,Whenever I hear of an athlete's attempt at suicide, I can't help but wonder if steroids were involved. Just a thought.
Chris R

I will never really understand suicide. But if he felt he no longer wanted to live; it is ultimately his decision.

My Condolences to his family and friends.
Joe

"An incredible loss for the sport and one which, if reports are true, has at least removed all the pain from Robert’s life."

I believe that this is a very irresponsible comment on a very tragic story. This blog has a very wide readership and I'm sure many of its readers deal with depression much like Mr. Enke must have. To post a comment such as this only encourages others to take the same path to alleviate their own pain. I'm sure this was not your intent but a comment on the prevalence of depression and an encouragement to those that suffer from it to get help would have been infinitely more appropriate.
Oli

R.I.P.
Dag

call me insensitive, but suicide is a silly way to get out of trouble. wrong just wrong... leaving his wife and family like that.
Angelo

RIP
schaafito

Not much more can be added than what everyone else has said. RIP, such a tragedy.
Jack

Horrible stuff, thoughts are with his family.
OEA

he had been in fenerbahçe for a short time. it is a hard life and for the ones unlucky it becomes unbearable. hope that he is better now.we will miss him
Hana

Horrid. Rest in peace.
Marcus

Terrible awful shame, hope his memory is not forgotten & more is done to help others facing similar problems in the future...
Peter

Such horrible news...I hope his wife can overcome this after they lost their daughter at age 2.

RIP Robert
Sam

Tragedy has yet again struck football.
Anthony

It's nice that Enkes pain is gone, but the train engineer has got a few years of therapy he'll have to work through. Selfish way to commit suicide, to say the least (if it was suicide).
Jaffery

Very sad.. RIP Enke..
Corey

Possible suicide, which is ironic (although deeply saddening as well) considering ESPN's Bundeslige correspondent Ule wrote a piece of depression in footballers involved in the Bundesliga just last week.
Johonna

You know, now the stupid arguments over on the Inter board seem all the more ridiculous. His poor family. How horribly tragic.
BootsnAll

Absolutely terrible thing. The first news was accident, but everything seems to now be saying suicide ... rest in peace.