Axel Jüptner

Axel Jüptner

Personal information
Date of birth	26 April 1969
Place of birth	Gemmrigheim, West Germany
Date of death	24 April 1998 (aged 28)
Place of death	Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
Playing position	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)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Axel Jüptner (26 April 1969 in Gemmrigheim – 24 April 1998 in Bad Oeynhausen) was a German footballer.^[1]

Jüptner played in the Fußball-Bundesliga for VfB Stuttgart between 1988 and 1991. In 1991 he joined KFC Uerdingen 05 and helped win promotion to the Fußball-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

1. "Jüptner, Axel" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
2. "Fall Jüptner: Witwe des ehemaligen KFC-Profis verliert Prozess". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). 27 April 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2007.

External links

• Axel Jüptner profile at Fussballdaten