17 Facts About Alex Manninger

Alexander Manninger was born on 4 June 1977 and is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Alex Manninger played internationally for the Austria national team on 33 occasions, including at UEFA Euro 2008, and has represented football clubs in Italy, Germany, Austria and England.

Alex Manninger made twenty-four appearances in his lone season with Grazer AK, before a high-profile transfer to Arsenal in the Premier League, where he was understudy to the experienced David Seaman.

However, Alex Manninger had to make way for Seaman once the Englishman returned from injury.

Alex Manninger made five appearances in Arsenal's FA Cup run.

The highlight for Alex Manninger came in the quarter-final replay at West Ham United.

Alex Manninger was on the bench as Arsenal won the 1998 FA Cup Final to complete the double.

Alex Manninger continued to deputise for Seaman for the next three seasons.

Alex Manninger made sixty-four appearances over four seasons for Arsenal.

However, he was released after just two months at Espanyol without making a first team appearance, with Alex Manninger claiming that the Barcelona-based club had reneged on the contract.

Alex Manninger subsequently joined Italian side Torino in Serie A in January 2003, and remained with them until the end of the season.

Alex Manninger started the season as the club's first choice keeper, but he was injured and replaced by Greek international Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, who retained the first team goalkeeper's jersey once Manninger was fit again.

Alex Manninger made his competitive debut for Augsburg in a DFB-Pokal home match against Bayern Munich on 18 December 2012.

Alex Manninger made his debut for Austria in an August 1999 friendly match against Sweden and was member of the Austrian Euro 2008 squad.

Alex Manninger earned thirty-three caps and retired after ten years from international football for the Austria national football team on 5 August 2009.

An experienced goalkeeper, Alex Manninger was known in particular for his shot-stopping, consistency, handling, and positional sense as a goalkeeper, although he was less effective at coming out to collect crosses.

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