The streaming service DAZN mourns the loss of a young colleague: Christian Scherpe, who has only been working for the sports platform since December, died at the age of just 24. The cause of death is still unclear.
The young and aspiring sports commentator Christian Scherpe is dead. He has been working for the DAZN streaming service since the end of December. He had already shared the news of the 24-year-old's death on Thursday via his social media channels. The news was originally spread by Scherpe's home club FC Adler Meindorf. The cause of his sudden death is unclear.
The club said goodbye with emotional words. "It is with great dismay and speechlessness that we learned of the death of our player Christian Scherpe at the age of just 24," the club wrote. "Christian joined FC Adler at the age of four, went through all the youth teams and has been an important member of our senior teams in recent years. Christian, we will always cherish your memory. Our thoughts are with the family and friends at this difficult time Friends to whom we extend our deepest sympathy."
Last year, Scherpe prevailed against 5,000 competitors in a young talent casting by DAZN. He should comment on football games on the platform in the future. He made his debut at the end of December in Real Betis' game against Athletic Bilbao.
At the beginning of January he wrote on Twitter about his new task: "Still a little surreal when I think that I was allowed to make my debut on the microphone for DAZN last week. At this point a big thank you again to everyone who has supported me since my beginnings over four years ago!" The trained sports journalist has already worked as a commentator and blind sports reporter in the Regionalliga West.
