08/05/2021 11:27 AM
Clarín.com
sports
Updated 08/05/2021 12:19
One of the sons of the emblematic former player of the German soccer team
Michael Ballack
died at dawn this Thursday in an ATV accident during his vacation in Portugal.
Emilio Ballack
, 18, lost his life in the town of Troia, near Lisbon, where the former Chelsea midfielder bought a house a few years ago.
The local channel
TVI24
reported that the tragedy occurred around two in the morning when
the quad bike fell on top of the young man
and his body had to be rescued by firefighters.
They are investigated in what circumstances the accident occurred.
Emilio's Instagram account, where he had recently published images from Portugal, was deactivated in the last hours.
Chelsea, the club in which Ballack was active between 2006 and 2010, posted a message of condolence on their networks: "Everyone associated with Chelsea is shocked and saddened ... All our thoughts are with his father Michael and his family in this sad moment. "
Everybody associated with Chelsea Football Club is shocked and saddened to learn of the death of Emilio Ballack at the terribly young age of 18.
All our thoughts are with his father Michael and his family at this sad time.
💙
- Chelsea FC (@ChelseaFC) August 5, 2021
The 2002 world runner-up
has two other children
with his ex-wife Simone Lambe, whom he married in 2008 after a long courtship: Louis (19) and Jordi (16).
Ballack, one of the leading exponents of the modern era of German football, retired in October 2012 at the age of 36.
His last club was Bayern Leverkusen, but that was not the team with which he celebrated titles in his country: he won three Bundesligas with Bayern Munich and one with Kaiserslaurten, as well as three German Cups and a German League Cup. , all with Bayern.
Ballack, captain and benchmark of the German national team for several years.
Photo: EFE
Talented and on the right foot, the former midfielder was one of the main references for Germany in the runners-up at the World Cup in Korea and Japan in 2002 and the Euro Cup in Austria and Switzerland in 2008, and third place at the World Cup in Germany in 2006.
At club level, he shone in England with Chelsea where, in addition to a Premier League, he won five other titles: a League Cup, a Community Shield and three FA Cups.
He was named German footballer of the year three times, being surpassed only by Franz Beckenbauer who was chosen four times.
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