Axel Jüptner

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Axel Jüptner (born 26 April 1969 in Gemmrigheim; died 24 April 1998 in Bad Oeynhausen) was a German footballer.

Axel 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.

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• This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
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• "Fall Jüptner: Witwe des ehemaligen KFC-Profis verliert Prozess", Westdeutsche Zeitung, 27 April 2007. Retrieved on 2007-05-19. (German)