TThe tragic death of Alex Manninger (1977-2026) shocked the world of football. A tweet from the Austrian federation announcing his death read: “The news of his death shocks us deeply. With his passing, the world of football has lost a very special person. At this difficult time, we extend our deepest condolences to his family, friends and all those close to him. Much strength for the times ahead! #RIP.”
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The former goalkeeper, who played for RB Salzburg, Arsenal, Fiorentina, Espanyol, Turin, Bologna, Udinese, Juventus, Augsburg and Liverpool, has died at the age of 48 in a car accident.
The Austrian goalkeeper was reportedly hit by a commuter train near his hometown of Salzburg. According to the Kronen Zeitung newspaper, the accident occurred at 8:20 a.m. at an unguarded railway crossing.
Red Cross and firefighters arrived quickly and managed to extricate the footballer from inside the car, but resuscitation efforts, including a defibrillator, were unable to prevent his death. Fortunately, the 25 passengers and the driver were not injured.
The circumstances of the accident are not yet known, and it is unclear whether the red light at the railroad crossing was turned on time. However, prosecutors will continue to investigate. “Depending on the type of vehicle, it is possible to precisely analyze the electronic data and thus the behavior of the driver,” Gerhard Kronreif, an expert who was present at the scene of the tragedy, said in a statement reported by Kronen Zeitung.
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A total of 320 games back up his career.
He signed with Espanyol in 2002. He joined from Arsenal for €1.5 million and left just two months later, in August 2002, without even making his debut. “I came here and signed with the intention of staying. I don’t understand anything,” he told MARCA at the time.
There was a disagreement between Arsenal and Manninger over the signing of the contract, which led to the club delaying his transfer to Espanyol, and as a result “Perico” withdrew from the association the deposit he had deposited for the player’s registration and chose to sign Sergio Sanchez.
