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Before ending his life, the famous doorman left a message on his daughter's grave: Lara, daddy is coming!

2026-11-13 12:32:03Sport SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Before ending his life, the famous doorman left a message on his daughter's
Lara/ Robert Enke

It has been 17 years since that tragic day of November 10, 2009, when Robert Enke ended his life at the age of 32.

An extraordinary goalkeeper, a candidate to be a starter for Germany in next year's World Cup, but also an extraordinary man, a pillar and captain of Hannover, who has left an indelible mark far beyond his sporting successes.

Robert, who suffered from depression and had kept it a secret for a long time, committed suicide by throwing himself in front of a train at a railway crossing near his home in Eilvese, Lower Saxony.

Today, his widow, Teresa, recounts those hours of despair, when she still knew nothing, and reveals an episode, a message that Enke had left in the cemetery, on his daughter's grave, which according to her is the final proof that her husband had never overcome the death of the little girl, three years ago.

The letter Enke left on his daughter's grave before committing suicide: "Dad is coming"

Lara , born with a severe heart defect, died at the age of just two, in September 2006.

In May 2009, the couple adopted little Leila, but the void created in Enke's heart was never closed, until it turned into an abyss that swallowed her up.

Speaking to Robin Gosens on his podcast, Teresa reveals that Robert had left a message on the girl's grave.

Before ending his life, the janitor had stopped at the cemetery and placed a heart-shaped letter on the grave.

It read: " Lara, dad is coming ."

Looking back on the event, the former pentathlete is convinced that her husband never properly processed the loss of his daughter and admits that after that tragedy they should have acted differently, by reaching out to someone for psychological support.

Although football had been a way for him to ease the pain, it had not solved his mental health problems.

"We didn't ask for help. We just cried together. I believe he didn't process his pain the way he should have," she says.

Enke's wife recounts what happened that day

Teresa Enke recalls the hours immediately before her husband's suicide and the fact that she had no idea what would happen that day. Nothing had warned of the impending tragedy. The couple had spent the previous evening together on the sofa. 

Before going to bed, Robert had hugged her, kissed her, and said, “I love you.” She had replied, “I love you too, my love.” At that moment, he was convinced that his condition, referring to his depression, had improved.

The next day, the Hannover goalkeeper was supposed to have a day off from training. Despite this, he had told his wife that he would go to the club's training center to do a recovery session anyway. Before leaving the house, he turned around once more and gave her a kiss.

 “After that, I never heard from him again,” Teresa recalls. As for her, the day had started out quite normally: she had gone to the supermarket to buy groceries for dinner and then watched a TV series. When her husband did not return home in the evening and she heard sirens outside, she began to feel uneasy, “a strange feeling.”

At that moment he called Robert's agent, Jorg Neblung, who had also not had any contact with him all day. 

But it was when Teresa called Hannover's goalkeeping coach and he told her that no training had taken place that day that her premonition turned into something much more serious. 

Neblung himself, thinking about the worst-case scenario, suggested that he search the house for any possible messages. 

Finally, she found a suicide note in the bedroom. Then she left the house, following the sirens. Deep down, she already knew what had happened.

The next day, Teresa Enke told the media the circumstances that had led to Robert's suicide: "I want to speak. I owe him," she said (below is the dramatic press conference). She wanted to speak on behalf of her husband and could not let anyone else do it.

She explained that she was "tired" of the lies about his health that had been spread for years. The goalkeeper had long suffered from depression, but kept it a secret from the public. 

After her husband's death, Teresa founded the Robert Enke Foundation, which is dedicated to raising public awareness of depression and supporting those affected by it. Even today, his memory remains alive among all who had the opportunity to know the German goalkeeper's human sensitivity.


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