the tragic death of Alex Manninger (1977-2026) has shaken the football world. “The news of his death leaves us deeply shocked. With him, football loses a very special person. In these difficult times, we express Our most sincere condolences to his family, his friends and all those who were close to him. Much strength for the times to come! #RIP”, reads the ‘tweet’ published by the Austrian Federation to announce his death.
The exporter of RB Salzburg, Arsenal, Fiorentina, Espanyol, Torino, Bologna, Udinese, Juventus, Augsburg and Liverpool, among others, he died at 48 years old in a car accident
The Austrian goal would have been hit by a commuter train while driving his vehicle near Salzburg, his hometown. As revealed ‘Kronen Zeitung’the accident occurred at 8:20 a.m. in the morning in a unsupervised level crossing.
This is how the vehicle that Manninger drove looks like.
The Red Cross and firefighters arrived quickly and, despite getting rescue the footballer from inside the vehicle, resuscitation effortsdefibrillator included, they failed avoid his death. Luckily, the 25 passengers and the driver who drove the train were unharmed.
The circumstances surrounding the accident are unknown at this time. the same as if the red light at the level crossing was activated on time. However, the Prosecutor’s Office will continue studying them. “Due to the type of vehicle, it is possible to accurately analyze the electronic data and, therefore, the behavior of the driver,” said the expert. Gerhard Kronreif, present at the scene of the tragedy, in statements collected by the ‘Kronen Zeitung’.
A strange blank pass for Espanyol
A total of 320 matches endorse the trajectory of Alex Manninger. Regular substitute goalkeeper, he even played 64 parties with the Arsenal (1997-02) y 42 with Juventus (2008-12). His most prolific stage, in terms of games played, was at Siena: he played 87 in two different stages (2004-05 y 2006-08).
Manninger and Alfredo Argensó.
In 2002 he signed for Espanyol. He arrived from Arsenal in exchange for 1.5 million and he just left of months Then, in August 2002, without even having debuted. “I came here and signed with the intention of staying. I don’t understand anything”he assured MARK by then.
Apparently, There were disagreements between Arsenal and Manninger when it came to settling his contractwhich caused the club to delay sending the ‘transfer’ to Espanyol and that, in turn, motivated the ‘parakeets’ to withdraw from the Federation the guarantees they had deposited to register him and they decided to hire Sergio Sánchez. Rest in peace, Alex Manninger.
