very sad news - depression ???
Germany and Hannover 96 goalkeeper Robert Enke has died after being hit by a train and German police have confirmed that first indications point to suicide.
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Robert Enke: Germany keeper has died
• Uli on depression in football
• Germany stunned by apparent suicide
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.
"At 1825 (1725GMT) he was run over by a regional express train running between Hamburg and Bremen," said police spokesman Stefan Wittke. "The train was travelling at the speed of 160-kph."
The player's friend and consultant Joerg Neblung told reporters: "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 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".
"All our sympathy goes to the wife of Robert Enke and his family," he added.
It is not yet clear whether Germany's friendly against Chile on Saturday will still go ahead. Die Mannschaft are due face the Ivory Coast the following Wednesday.
Hannover president Martin Kind said: "This is a tragedy."
Enke, born in Jena in the former East Germany, also played club football for Borussia Moenchengladbach and Benfica and had a brief spell at Barcelona before stints with Fenerbahce and Tenerife.
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 coupled had adopted.
I am afraid his footballing career is over if his two wrists are broken.
Maybe driving a bike is fun and sometimes people overlook the danger. I really feel sorry for him.
oh my god... i just read the news and it seems it's a very very bad car accident...
s-h-i-t .... why these kinds of accidents always happened...? Bendtner has such accident around one month ago and he claimed that the police have told him that it's a miracle that he's still alive....
I have a bad feeling that Cudicini's sporting life as professional football player may be over.. I don't think he is a superstar but he looks a nice guy frankly.. no matter when he played in chelsea or spurs . damn it.. why driving a bike..???
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A police spokesperson told the London Evening Standard: "A 36-year-old male suffered injuries described as possibly life-changing and was taken to an East London hospital for further assessment and treatment."
Tottenham only confirmed that the former Chelsea 'keeper is being monitored by a club doctor after the serious incident.
"Carlo Cudicini has fractured his wrists and injured his pelvis after being involved in a road accident this morning," read a club statement. "The 36-year-old Italian goalkeeper has been admitted to hospital and undergone scans under the supervision of club medical staff. The club will up date supporters on Carlo as soon as there is any further information."
Cudicini joined Tottenham in January 2009 and has made ten Premier League starts for the North London side. He has largely acted as an understudy to Heurelho Gomes this season.
Cudicini is involved in a motorbike accident. It sounds serious to me. Just hope he is OK!
Thanks chanreborn.
Maybe people find it hard to understand why Enke, goalie of a well-known team, and a member of the national team, can be such an unhappy person.
Sickness of the mind can be very fatal. A person can either hurt himself or another person, or both.
His daughter’s tragedy merely adds to his depression.
But this is just too sad a way to end one’s life, by allowing a train to run over one’s body.
I just hope one day I can see legal suicide, that a person can choose to take sleeping pills and go into a toxic gas room, die with a smile, much better than letting a train run over one’s body.
May Enke rest in peace.
hi, persie , it's a sad sad sad news .. I read his factfile and frankly his life being a keeper has been tough ,plus the incident of his daughter which all caused his dispression.. anyway we can only wish him rest in peace.. and pray for his family.
hope u feel better after listening this song..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGbnua2kSa8
Dionne Warwick - That's What Friends are For Lyrics
And if I should ever go away
Well, then close your eyes and try to feel
The way we do today
And then if you can remember
Keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for
Well, you came and opened me
And now there's so much more I see
And so by the way I thank you
Whoa, and then for the times when we're apart
Well, then close your eyes and know
These words are comin' from my heart
And then if you can remember, oh
Keep smiling, keep shining
Knowing you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
In good times, in bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
Oh, that's what friends are for
Whoa... oh... oh... keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, for sure
That's what friends are for
For good times and bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for
Keep smilin', keep shinin'
Knowin' you can always count on me, oh, for sure
'Cause I tell you that's what friends are for
For good times and for bad times
I'll be on your side forever more
That's what friends are for (That's what friends are for)
On me, for sure
That's what friends are for
Keep smilin', keep shinin'
And as far as I'm concerned
I'm glad I got the chance to say
That I do believe I love you
整件事係一個悲劇,他或許可去跟女兒在天上團聚,但可憐獨留在世上的太太和那個被收養的小孩。
人生的悲苦,實在太多。