Alexander Manninger
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Manninger with Juventus in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Alexander Manninger | ||
| Date of birth | 4 June 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Salzburg, Austria | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1995 | SV Salzburg | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1996 | SV Salzburg | 1 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Vorwärts Steyr (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Grazer AK | 23 | (0) |
| 1997–2002 | Arsenal | 39 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Fiorentina (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2002 | Espanyol | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | Torino | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Bologna | 0 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | → Siena (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Red Bull Salzburg | 16 | (0) |
| 2006–2008 | Siena | 64 | (0) |
| 2008 | Red Bull Salzburg | 0 | (0) |
| 2008 | Udinese | 0 | (0) |
| 2008–2012 | Juventus | 27 | (0) |
| 2012–2016 | FC Augsburg | 34 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2009 | Austria | 33 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 January 2017. |
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Alexander "Alex" Manninger (born 4 June 1977) is an Austrian professional footballer who is on the books as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Liverpool but is retiring from the game upon expiration of his current contract in June 2017. He played internationally for Austria on 33 occasions, including at UEFA Euro 2008, and has represented top division sides in Italy, Germany, Austria and England.
Manninger started his career as a youth player for SV Austria Salzburg in 1993. He was promoted to the first-team squad at the start of the 1995–1996 season. After his debut, and lone appearance of the season, he was sent on loan at SK Vorwärts Steyr, and played his first top-level game away against Grazer AK.
At the start of 1996–97 season he signed for Grazer AK, making his debut in place of the unfit first-choice keeper, in the autumn 1996 UEFA Cup second round game against Internazionale Milano at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in Milan. He 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.
During the 1997–98 season Seaman was injured and Manninger covered for him, enjoying a spell of six clean sheets in a row in the league, a joint club record. The last of these was against Manchester United at Old Trafford, where Arsenal won 1–0. In March 1998, he was named Premier League Player of the Month. However, Manninger had to make way for Seaman once the Englishman returned from injury. Despite only having played 7 games in the 1997–98 FA Premier League season (10 was then required to automatically qualify for a winners' medal), Manninger was granted special dispensation for a medal as his contribution to Arsenal's title win was considered to be significant enough. He also made 5 appearances in Arsenal's FA Cup run. The highlight for Manninger came in the quarter final replay at West Ham United. The game went to penalties and he saved Eyal Berkovic's spot kick to help Arsenal through to the semi finals. He was on the bench as Arsenal won the 1998 FA Cup Final to complete the double.
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