Robert Enke,32, was a German international football goalkeeper,expected to play for Germany at the World Cup died on 10 November 2009, after being hit by a train in what police suspect is a suicide.
He won eight full international caps for the German national team between 2007 and his death in 2009, and was part of the squad which finished as runners-up in Euro 2008. At the time of his death, he was widely considered to be a leading contender for the number one spot at the 2010 World Cup.
Robert Enke was married to wife Teresa and had a daughter, Lara, who died (aged 2) on 17 September 2006 due to a heart birth defect (hypoplastic left heart syndrome). They lived together on a farm and adopted a baby girl, Leila, in May 2009.
On Tuesday night,hundreds of fans lit candles and placed flowers outside the Hannover stadium.