{"id":2567,"date":"2026-04-17T04:27:41","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T04:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2567"},"modified":"2026-04-17T04:27:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T04:27:41","slug":"black-notebook-alex-manninger-is-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=2567","title":{"rendered":"Black Notebook: Alex Manninger is no more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Alex Manninger has died. The former Austrian goalkeeper lost his life this Thursday, April 16 in a <strong>tragic road accident<\/strong> near Salzburg. According to reports, his vehicle was <strong>hit by a train<\/strong> at an unsecured level crossing.<\/p>\n<p>Austrian international on 33 occasions, he experienced <strong>a long career<\/strong> which led him to prestigious clubs like <strong>Arsenal<\/strong> (1997-2002), <strong>Juventus<\/strong> (2008-2012) and Liverpool (2016-2017). He retired from football in 2017.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Juventus and Arsenal GK Alex Manninger has passed away in a car accident at 48 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Rest in peace, Alex. \ud83d\udd4a\ufe0f\ud83d\udc94 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7sQmqqeKza\">pic.twitter.com\/7sQmqqeKza<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2044766066614636651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 16, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>When the news was announced, the <strong>RB Salzburg<\/strong>whose colors he wore between 2005 and 2006, paid tribute to him. The Austrian club expressed its deep sadness and <strong>offered his condolences to his family and loved ones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe mourn our former goalkeeper Alexander Manninger, who tragically died in a traffic accident. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. Rest in peace, Alexander, <\/em>we read on the club&#8217;s social networks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former amateur footballer. Currently TV &#038; Web Journalist. Passionate about football, traveling and reading, I am a die-hard Manchester United fan.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Manninger has died. The former Austrian goalkeeper lost his life this Thursday, April 16 in a tragic road accident near Salzburg. According to reports, his vehicle was hit by a train at an unsecured level crossing. Austrian international on 33 occasions, he experienced a long career which led him to prestigious clubs like Arsenal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}