Alex Manninger: Former Arsenal and Liverpool goalkeeper killed in car accident aged 48

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Former Arsenal goalkeeper Alex Manninger has been killed in a car accident at the age of 48.

The Austrian Football Association and FC Red Bull Salzburg, one of his former clubs, confirmed the news.

“We mourn our former goalkeeper Alexander Manninger, who tragically lost his life in a traffic accident,” Salzburg said.

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