The German police confirmed that Robert Enke left a suicide note before he was killed by a train, while his widow revealed that the late goalie had been long suffering from acute depression. Teresa Enke said on Wednesday that the 32-year-old was coping with a number of psychological issues over the past six years. She also stressed that her husband was keen to keep his illness a secret because he was afraid their adopted daughter would be taken away if he was proved to be mentally unbalanced. "I tried to be there for him," the grieving Teresa told a press conference held by Hannover 96, where her husband plied his trade for the past five years.
Teresa "When he was acutely depressive, it was a difficult time. We thought we'd manage everything. We thought with love, we could do it. But you can't." Six months ago the pair adopted a girl, who's now eight months old, after their biological daughter passed away at the age of two in 2006 due to a heart problem. Enke died on Tuesday evening after he threw himself before a train, and the police announced one day later that they had found a suicide note. The troubled goalkeeper first sought psychological treatment in 2003 when he lost his starting berth at Barcelona, and his anxieties and fear of failure became extreme. "Despite daily treatment, we did not succeed in preventing his suicide," doctor Valentin Markser commented after Enke's tragic death.
