Germany's keeper in 'suicide' death

12 April 2012

Germany's international goalkeeper Robert Enke has died, police have confirmed.

The 32-year-old Hannover star was reported to have been found dead near a railway level crossing.

According to police reports, Enke was struck by a train close to his home in Neustadt-Eilvese and died at the scene. Early indications suggested he may have committed suicide.

Enke's daughter Lara died in 2006 of a rare heart condition when she was just two. He leaves behind his wife, Teresa, and an eight-month-old daughter the couple had adopted.

Enke was omitted from the Germany squad for the forthcoming friendly matches against Chile and the Ivory Coast despite having recovered from a virus which had kept him out of action for almost two months.

His national team colleagues learned the tragic news after training in Bonn.

"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 deeply distressed and in mourning".

"All our sympathy goes to the wife of Robert Enke and his family," he added on the DFB's website.

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