US goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann breaks neck playing for Cesena

Ex-US youth international injured in collision v Palermo Further tests with specialist to take place Sign up for the World Behind The Cup newsletter Goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann, the son of former Germany striker and US national team head coach Jürgen Klinsmann, is recovering from a broken neck sustained playing for second-tier Italian side Cesena on Saturday. The former US youth international, 29, was stretchered off the field in a neck brace after a collision with a Palermo player and taken to a hospital in the Sicilian capital. Continue reading...

Associated Press and Guardian sport · Mon, Apr 20, 2026, 8:34 AM
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US goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann breaks neck playing for Cesena

Ex-US youth international injured in collision v Palermo
Further tests with specialist to take place
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Goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann, the son of former Germany striker and US national team head coach Jürgen Klinsmann, is recovering from a broken neck sustained playing for second-tier Italian side Cesena on Saturday.

The former US youth international, 29, was stretchered off the field in a neck brace after a collision with a Palermo player and taken to a hospital in the Sicilian capital.

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