Markus Weissenberger

Markus Weissenberger

Personal information
Full name	Markus Weissenberger
Date of birth	March 8, 1975 (1975-03-08) (age 36)
Place of birth	Lauterach, Austria
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	LASK Linz
Number	11
Youth career
1980-1988	FC Hard
1988-1991	FC Dornbirn
1991-1993	SV Spittal
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993-1994	SV Spittal an der Drau	59	(24)
1995-1999	LASK Linz	134	(26)
1999-2001	Arminia Bielefeld	54	(12)
2001-2004	TSV 1860 München	74	(7)
2004-2008	Eintracht Frankfurt	69	(4)
2008-present	LASK Linz	10	(0)
National team‡
1999-2008	Austria	29	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 9, 2010. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of August 21, 2008

Markus Weissenberger (born March 8, 1975 in Lauterach) is an Austrian football player.

He is a younger brother of former Austria international player Thomas Weissenberger.

Club career

Since 2008 he plays for LASK Linz. In the past he played for Eintracht Frankfurt, 1860 München, Arminia Bielefeld, LASK Linz.

In the Eintracht squad he was, in the offensive midfield, often only a backup for Alexander Meier and predominantly gets few short time appearances.

He joined LASK Linz in summer 2008 on free transfer.^[1]

International career

He made his debut for Austria in an August 1999 friendly match against Sweden, coming on as a substitute for Mario Haas. He missed out on EURO 2008, after coming back late from a knee injury.

He earned 29 caps, scoring one goal, until August 2008.

National team statistics

Austria national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1999	3	0
2000	3	0
2001	6	0
2002	6	1
2003	3	0
2004	0	0
2005	1	0
2006	2	0
2007	4	0
2008	1	0
Total	29	1

References

1. ^ "Weissenberger secures LASK recall". euro2008.uefa.com. 2008-05-06. http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=692304.html. Retrieved 2008-05-07. 

External links

• Markus Weissenberger at eintracht-archiv.de (German)
• Profile at VI (Dutch)
• Career stats - National Football Teams

Persondata
Name	Weissenberger, Markus
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	March 8, 1975
Place of birth	Lauterach, Austria
Date of death
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