{"id":608196,"date":"2026-04-16T15:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/608196\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T15:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:06:08","slug":"alex-manninger-ex-arsenal-goalkeeper-dies-after-car-hit-by-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/608196\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Manninger: Ex-Arsenal goalkeeper dies after car hit by train"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Alexander Manninger was an outstanding ambassador for Austrian football, both on and off the pitch,” said Austrian Football Association sporting director Peter Schottel.<\/p>\n

“His professionalism, composure and reliability made him an integral part of his teams and the national team.<\/p>\n

“His achievements deserve the utmost respect and will be unforgettable.”<\/p>\n

Salzburg police said first responders used a defibrillator on Manninger, who was alone in the car, after he was freed from the vehicle, which was dragged along by the train, but could not resuscitate him.<\/p>\n

Police also said that the train driver was unharmed.<\/p>\n

Manninger began his career with hometown club Red Bull Salzburg and spent time with 14 teams across Europe, including Sienna, Juventus, Udinese and Augsburg.<\/p>\n

He signed a short-term deal with Liverpool<\/a> as a 39-year-old in 2016 but did not play.<\/p>\n

During his time at Arsenal, Manninger largely played second fiddle to David Seaman, but deputised for the injured England keeper late in the 1997-98 season.<\/p>\n

That season, Manninger helped Arsenal beat West Ham on penalties in the FA Cup sixth round and impressed in a memorable win against Manchester United at Old Trafford.<\/p>\n

Manninger was named Premier League player of the month for March 1998.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Alexander Manninger was an outstanding ambassador for Austrian football, both on and off the pitch,” said Austrian Football…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":608197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-608196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}