- German midfielder Luca Meixner broke into his youth club’s first team in 2021
- The 22-year-old played 100 games for the team and scored six goals.
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German football club SSV Reutlingen has announced the tragic death of its player Luca Meixner, 22.
The midfielder, who broke into his boyhood club’s first team in 2021, was reportedly found dead in his bed over the Christmas period.
The club mourned his passing in a statement on Instagram on Monday, saying they were “deeply saddened and stunned” by his untimely passing.
“Last weekend we received the terrible news that our player Luca Meixner passed away unexpectedly on Friday, December 27 at the age of 22,” the statement begins.
‘The entire SSV family is deeply saddened and stunned. His teammates, all committees and employees mourn with Luca’s heartbroken family and our thoughts are with his family, friends and colleagues.
“We ask that the privacy of Luca’s family be respected during this difficult time.”
German footballer Luca Meixner was found dead in his bed on December 27.
His club SSV Reutlingen mourned the death of the midfielder who played 100 times for the team
Meixner began his career in the SSV youth teams and moved up to the under-17 level in 2017. Four years later he would make his senior debut before making 100 appearances for the team, scoring six goals.
Meixner played Reutlingen’s last game before the winter break on December 7. He started and played 87 minutes in the 1-1 draw.
The team plays in the Oberliga Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany’s fifth division, and has done so for the past nine seasons. Clubs from across the German pyramid sent their condolences to the club and Meixner’s family.
Sonnenhof Grossaspach, another fifth division club, wrote: “Our deepest condolences and a lot of strength in these difficult times.”
Goppinger SV added: “A lot of strength for the whole club.”
The cause of his death has not been confirmed.