- Markus Weissenberger
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Markus Weissenberger Personal information Full name Markus Weissenberger Date of birth March 8, 1975 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, 2008Markus Weissenberger (born March 8, 1975 in Lauterach) is an Austrian football player.
He is a younger brother of former Austria international player Thomas Weissenberger.
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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
- ^ "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
LASK Linz – current squad 1 Mandl · 2 Winkler · 3 Maier · 4 Chinchilla · 5 Metz · 6 Aufhauser · 7 Zickler · 8 Trauner · 10 Duro · 11 Kaufmann · 12 Hart · 13 Höltschl · 14 Bukva · 15 Schreiner · 16 Schellander · 17 Kragl · 18 Derdak · 19 Piermayr · 20 Pervan · 21 Bubenik · 22 Höbarth · 23 Kogler · 27 Sulimani · 28 Majabvi · 29 Lukás · 31 López · 33 Atan · 34 Ruano · 39 Noel · 40 Tenesor · Manager: Kraft
Categories:- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Bregenz District
- Austrian footballers
- Austria international footballers
- LASK Linz players
- Arminia Bielefeld players
- TSV 1860 München players
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- Austrian Football Bundesliga players
- Fußball-Bundesliga players
- Expatriate footballers in Germany
- Austrian football biography stubs
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