BERLIN – The world of German football is in shock due to the death of former St. Pauli and Union Berlin player, Andreas Biermann. The defender took his life at the age of 33, following a long history of depression. Biermann, found dead Friday night, had admitted his problems in several interviews and was being treated for a cure. “We are deeply shocked,” Spandau Kickers, where the defender was a militant, told DPA Guenter Hagedorn, managing director of the amateur club.
Union Berlin president Dirk Zingler added: “He fought long and bravely against his illness but failed to win the battle. We are shocked and sad, our condolences and the deepest solidarity go to the relatives of Andreas Biermann “. After the death of Robert Enke, a former goalkeeper of Hanover and of the German national team, who committed suicide by depression in 2009 by throwing himself under a train, Biermann had written a book that spoke of his illness entitled “Rote Karte Depression” (“Red depression card “) And admitted that he had tried three times to take his own life.