- Sportsmen, especially football stars, seem to have it all: money, fame and influence
- These Footballers who supposedly have it all often go through personal tragedies that often result in depression and suicide
- Listed below are five former famous footballers who committed suicide
1. Christopher Philip Mitchell:
Mitchell started his senior footballing career at Scottish Premier League club Falkirk before he spent a season in England with Bradford City before joining Queen of the South in 2012. He won the Scottish Challenge Cup and Scottish Football League Second Division at Queens. At the end of that season, he was named in the division’s PFA Scotland Team of the Year.
With complications due to spinal surgery, his career experienced a downturn in fortune, and he suffered depression. On 7 May 2016, he called his partner Louise Rooney to tell her he intends to kill himself. The call continued when he was struck by the train, which killed him. He was only 27 at the time.
2. Zoe Tynan:
Zoe Tynan, an English female footballer who played midfielder for Manchester City and Fylde Ladies, had the world at her feet but would sadly commit suicide at the relatively young age of 18. She signed for Manchester City’s academy in 2015, where she was given her first team debut as she played all 90 minutes of a FA Women’s Cup quarterfinal against Sporting Club Albion on 3rd April 2016.
She would not play any other match for the Manchester Blue Club but soon move to Fylde Ladies, for whom she signed in the summer of 2016. Tynan would go on to play twice for Fylde. However, on 31 August 2016. Zoe committed suicide at the age of 18. Her death was an act of suicide caused by a fatal collision with a train at West Allerton railway station.
3. Dale Roberts:
Dale Roberts began his senior career with Nottingham Forest after signing as a professional in 2005. He was a goalkeeper for Sunderland and Middlesbrough. He was named player of the season in the 08/09 season after keeping five clean sheets in 18 appearances at Rushden Diamonds.
Despite his life seemingly going in the right direction, he died at 24, on 14 December 2010, after he hung himself at home. He was reportedly depressed due to his injury and over the ’embarrassment’ of his fiancee having an affair with one of his teammates Paul Terry (brother of John Terry).
4. Robert Enke:
Robert Enke was believed by many to be one of the finest German goalkeepers during his lifetime due to his heroics. While he played for many clubs, the notable ones being Benfica and Barcelona, most of his appearances were for Bundesliga side Hannover 96.
On the evening of 10 November 2009, Enke, who had been suffering from depression since the death of his daughter, Lara in 2006, who was born with a heart birth defect, committed suicide at the age of 32 by standing in front of a regional express train at a level crossing in Eilvese, Neustadtam Rübenberge.
5. Gary Speed:
Speed was a Welsh footballer and manager who is well loved by Leeds United fans as he helped the club to win its first division title. He later played for Everton, Newcastle United, Bolton and Sheffield United, where he made 534 Premier League appearances, becoming the first player to make 500.
Speed captained the Wales national football team until retiring from international football in 2004. Despite becoming the national manager of the Welsh team on 27 November 2011, just a day after he had appeared on a television show. Speed was found hanging in the garage of his home. The cause of death was “Self-suspension”.
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