Germany in mourning over suicide of top goalkeeper

Germany is stunned by the suicide of top goalkeeper Robert Enke. The national player suffered from depression.
In 2003 the goalie visited a psychologist because of his mental state. He was suffering from fear of failure on the pitch. Later on his fear turned into a depression, which may have been caused by the loss of his daughter in 2006. His wife commented that her husband was experiencing phases of depression but everything seemed to be fine. Only his psychologist knew that he was having suicidal thoughts earlier in the years. Another reason for his suicidal decision could be that he was considered to be one of the front-runners for the keeper position on the 2010 World Cup squad. Unfortunately he was forced to miss the last four games for Germany and several matches for Hanover due to an intestinal infection and he had not been selected for Germany's friendly matches against Chile and the Ivory Coast.
German soccer mourns and is canceling couple of games because of the death of their teamplayer.
"He leaves behind a large hole in our lives, not only in Hanover, but for soccer in Germany," said the team's sports director Joerg Schmadtke.
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