Alex Manninger, former Arsenal goalkeeper, dies aged 48 after road accident
Austrian was capped 33 times for his national team
Manninger won Premier League during Arsenal spell
The former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger has been killed in a road accident, his first club Red Bull Salzburg have announced.
The Austrian Bundesliga club said on Thursday that the 48-year-old had died, in a post on its official X account.
It said: “We mourn our former goalkeeper Alexander Manninger, who tragically lost his life in a traffic accident.
Our thoughts are with his family and friends.
Rest in peace, Alexander.”
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