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BIZARRE: Us goalkeeper jonathan klinsmann breaks neck playing for cesena | Mind Blowing Facts

Goalkeeper Jonathan Klinsmann of Cesena FC during a Serie B match in Italy.
Jonathan Klinsmann of Cesena FC is seen during the Serie B match between Palermo FC and Cesena FC at the Stadio ''Renzo Barbera'' in Palermo, Italy. Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images

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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