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Alex Manninger played for Arsenal, Liverpool and Juventus at peak of his career while winning 33 Austria caps.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 16 Apr 2026<\/span>16 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Former Austria goalkeeper Alex Manninger, who played for Arsenal and a string of Italian clubs, has died at \u2060the age of 48 when the car he was driving was hit by a train at a crossing near Salzburg.<\/p>\n The Austrian Football Association (OEFB) and clubs associated with \u2060the player, who retired as a professional in 2017, mourned his passing on Thursday.<\/p>\n list of 4 items<\/span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n Manninger made 33 appearances for Austria and played for Arsenal from 1997 to 2001 with the club winning the league title and FA Cup in the 1997-1998 season. He \u200cended his career at Liverpool in 2017.<\/p>\n In Italy, the Austrian played for Fiorentina, Torino, Bologna, Siena, Udinese and Juventus.<\/p>\n \u201cAlexander Manninger was an outstanding ambassador of Austrian football on and off the pitch,\u201d OEFB Sporting Director Peter Schoettel said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cWith his international career, he has set standards and inspired and shaped many young goalkeepers. His professionalism, his calmness and his reliability made him an \u2060important part of his teams and also of the national \u2060team.\u201d<\/p>\n Salzburg police said in a statement that the accident happened about 8:20am (06:20 GMT). First responders freed the driver from the vehicle, but resuscitation was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n \u201cAccording to initial investigations, the car was \u2060hit by a railcar of the Salzburger Lokalbahn while crossing the railway crossing and dragged along. The driver was alone \u2060in the vehicle. The train driver was uninjured,\u201d \u2060the police said.<\/p>\n Fiorentina said they will observe a minute\u2019s silence and wear black armbands for Thursday\u2019s home Conference League game with Crystal Palace while league leaders Arsenal conveyed their shock on social media.<\/p>\n Other clubs, including \u200cLiverpool, issued statements of condolence.<\/p>\n \u201cToday is a very sad day. We have lost not only a great athlete, but a man of rare values: humility, dedication, and \u200can \u200cexceptional sense of professionalism,\u201d Juventus said<\/p>\n \u201cAlex Manninger will be remembered for the example he set, on and off the pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Alex Manninger played for Arsenal, Liverpool and Juventus at peak of his career while winning 33 Austria caps. Published On 16 Apr 202616 Apr 2026 Former Austria goalkeeper Alex Manninger, who played for Arsenal and a string of Italian clubs, has died at \u2060the age of 48 when the car he was driving was hit […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19214,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-europe-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n
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