![]() ![]() His life story was the subject of Ronald Reng’s brilliant and move biography ‘A Life Too Short: The Tragedy of Robert Enke’. Part of its work involves offering advice and help to those suffering from mental illness, especially sportsmen and women.Īn exhibition “Robert Enke - our friend and goalkeeper” opened last Friday in Hanover showing off memorabilia from a playing career which also included stints at Moenchengladbach, Benfica, Barcelona, Fenerbahce and Tenerife.Įnke lined out for for Barcelona, Benfica and Fenerbahce during his career while at the time of his death he played for Hanover 96 and had made over 150 appearances for the Bundesliga club. He also won eight caps for his country. He was just 32 and it later emerged he had kept his illness secret, partly through fear of losing custody of the daughter he had adopted with his wife.įollowing the tragedy, the Robert Enke Foundation was established by his former club Hanover 96, the German Football Association (DFB) and the German Football League (DFL). FIVE YEARS AFTER German international Robert Enke’s suicide, his widow says attitudes towards depression have softened in Germany, but national football chief Wolfgang Niersbach insists little has changed.Įnke, who was Germany’s first-choice goalkeeper at the time, took his own life on 10 November 2009 by throwing himself under a commuter train after a six-year battle with depression. ![]()
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