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Axel Jüptner (26 April 1969 – 24 April 1998) was a German professional footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]

Axel Jüptner

Personal information
Date of birth	(1969-04-26)26 April 1969
Place of birth	Gemmrigheim, West Germany
Date of death	24 April 1998(1998-04-24) (aged 28)
Place of death	Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1986	VfL Gemmrigheim
1986–1987	VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987–1989	VfB Stuttgart II
1988–1991	VfB Stuttgart	25	(0)
1991–1997	Bayer Uerdingen	181	(8)
1997–1998	Carl Zeiss Jena	13	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jüptner played in the Bundesliga for VfB Stuttgart between 1988 and 1991. In 1991, he joined KFC Uerdingen 05 and helped win promotion to the Bundesliga the same year. He played for Uerdingen until November 1997, when he transferred to FC Carl Zeiss Jena. On 23 April 1998, during a training session in Jena, he suffered from myocardial infarction and died one day later.[2]

References

External links

• Axel Jüptner at fussballdaten.de (in German)

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