the former bayern munich and chelsea star michael ballack is reportedly dating sophia schneiderhen who was a friend of his late son that was killed in a quad bike tragedy balek was left heartbroken when his 18 year old boy was killed after losing control of his quad bike and flipping it over while holidaying at the family's villa in portugal the tragedy happened in troya just a few miles south of lisbon close to a house the former german player had purchased years ago with the boy's grandma said to have raised her concern about that house emilia was the second of three sons balakhad with his former wife simon lamp the couple split up in 2012 but have remained friends balak is understood to have grown close to sophia schneiderhan after his son's death despite the fact the football icon was in a long-term relationship at the time with natasha thanos who shared an emotional tribute to emilio a few days after his passing michael and natasha split up not long after which is when he started dating sophia the two have been pictured looking loved up and were spotted sharing an intimate kiss on the street in berlin recently and attending a modern art show together ms schneiderhen is the daughter of a doctor and has over 54 000 followers on instagram according to the german media build friends of the couple are saying that the 24 year age gap doesn't bother either of them that they have plenty in common with one another and that the sparks have been flying from the get-go