- Markus Oberleitner
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Markus Oberleitner Personal information Date of birth 16 August 1973 Place of birth Munich, West Germany Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Playing position Midfielder Youth career TSV Ottobrunn – TSV Brunnthal Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1994–1996 SpVgg Unterhaching 1996–1997 FC Bayern Munich 0 (0) 1996–1997 Fortuna Düsseldorf 13 (0) 1997–2001 SpVgg Unterhaching 111 (11) 2001–2002 SpVgg Greuther Fürth 2 (0) 2002–2003 FC Kärnten 19 (1) * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Markus Oberleitner (born 16 August 1973 in Munich) is a former football midfielder who played for SpVgg Unterhaching, Fortuna Düsseldorf and SpVgg Greuther Fürth in Germany and finished his career with FC Kärnten in Austria.
Career
Oberleitner played as a youth for TSV Ottobrunn and TSV Brunnthal. In 1994 he signed for the then Regionalliga (III) team SpVgg Unterhaching, achieving promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga in his first season. In 1995/96 season in the he made 24 appearances in the second tier, scoring 9 goals, has the club finished in a respectable fourth place. He subsequenrly joined neighbours Bayern Munich.
He remained a backup player at FC Bayern, however, and didn't make a single first-team appearance, before joining Fortuna Düsseldorf during the winter-break. Here he made his Bundesliga debut, but the club were relegated, and he returned to Unterhaching at the end of the season.
In 1999, Unterhaching were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time in their history, and for their two years at this level, Oberleitner was a key first-team player. He made 63 appearances, scoring 6 goals, most famously a header in a 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen - a result that handed the league title to his former club, Bayern Munich.
After Unterhaching's relegation in 2001, Oberleitner joined SpVgg Greuther Fuerth, of the 2. Bundesliga, but only made two first-team appearances. After a year, he moved to Austria, joining FC Kärnten. He retired from the game in 2003.
External links
- Profile at Fussballdaten.de (German)
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