Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger has been killed in a car accident on the age of 48.
The Austrian Football Association and FC Red Bull Salzburg, certainly one of his former golf equipment, confirmed the information.
“We mourn our former goalkeeper Alexander Manninger, who tragically lost his life in a traffic accident,” Salzburg mentioned.
Manninger made 64 appearances for Arsenal between 1997 and 2002, usually serving as back-up to No 1 goalkeeper David Seaman.
But he was a part of the Arsenal group that received the Premier League and FA Cup double in 1998, beginning in the essential Premier League victory at Manchester United in the March of that season when Seaman was injured.
Much later in his profession, Manninger joined Jurgen Klopp’s (*48*), spending a 12 months on the Reds between 2016 and 2017. Manninger didn’t play a match for (*48*) however he was signed as an skilled goalkeeper who might assist the squad.
An Austria worldwide, who made 33 appearances for his nation, Manninger additionally performed for a number of Italian golf equipment, together with Fiorentina, Siena and Juventus. Salzburg had been Manninger’s first group and the membership mentioned: “Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Rest in peace, Alexander.”
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