Former football player Michael Ballack’s 18-year-old son dies in quad bike accident

The son of former German player Michael Ballack, Emilio Ballack has died in Lisbon after a quad bike accident. Emilio was only 18-years-old. Police told Reuters that the accident happened in the north of Lisbon, very early in the morning.

The former midfielder, received many messages from old colleagues and opposing player such as Oliver Khan and Rudi Voller. Many of his former clubs, Chelsea and Bayer Leverkusen have all posted on their social media wishing well to his family.

German fourth tier club Chemnitzer FC who Emilio’s grandfather is a board member in announced on Twitter, that the 18-year-old had done a 3 week internship for the club. They said in a statement “Chemnitzer FC expresses its deeply felt sympathy for the Ballack family and wishes all relatives a lot of strength in this difficult time.”

We wish the deepest of condolences to Emilio and Michael’s family and friends, in this tough time.

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