Markus Suttner

Markus Suttner (born 16 April 1987) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Austria Wien.

Markus Suttner
Suttner with Austria in 2015
Personal information
Full name Markus Suttner[1]
Date of birth (1987-04-16) 16 April 1987
Place of birth Hollabrunn, Austria
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Full-back
Club information
Current team
 Austria Wien
Number 29
Youth career
Austria Wien
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2015 Austria Wien 207 (9)
2015–2017 Ingolstadt 49 (4)
2017–2019 Brighton & Hove Albion 14 (0)
2019 → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) 5 (1)
2019–2020 Fortuna Düsseldorf 21 (0)
2020– Austria Wien 14 (0)
National team
2007–2008 Austria U21 7 (0)
2012–2017 Austria 20 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16:08, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Career

Austria Wien

Suttner came through the youth system at Austria Wien before making his breakthrough season at the Viennan club in his first professional season, in the 2008–09 season where he made 22 league appearances. He also made 2 appearances in the Austrian Cup in which they won. He made 5 appearances in the Europa League in 2009 where Wien qualified through the third round and the play off round but finished bottom of the group finishing with 2 points. He scored his first goal in football in the 2010–11 season. Suttner won his first Austrian cap whilst at the club in 2012. Suttner played in 35 league games, scoring 3 in the 2012–13 campaign where Austria Wien won the league title for the first time in 7 years. Wien were to compete in the Champions League in the 2013–14 campaign after being crowned champions of the Austrian league in previous season. They managed to qualify to the group stages from the third round of qualifying. However, they finished bottom of their group. Suttner played in one more season for the club where they finished 7th before moving to Germany.

FC Ingolstadt 04

Suttner signed for newly promoted FC Ingolstadt 04 in the summer of 2015. In his first season he made 18 league appearances as the team finished 11th in the table. Suttner scored his first German Bundesliga goal in the 2016–17 season where he finished with 4 goals to his name in 31 appearances. However, the season ended in relegation for the Bavarian side.

Brighton & Hove Albion

On 13 July 2017 Suttner signed for another newly promoted side, Brighton & Hove Albion of the Premier League.[2] Just 12 days beforehand his Ingolstadt teammate Pascal Gross signed for the Sussex club.[3] Suttner made his debut for Brighton on 12 August 2017 in the opening game of the season at home to Manchester City in which The Seagulls lost 2–0 to the eventual champions.[4] He played in the following game in another 2–0 scoreline, this time in an away defeat to Leicester City.[5] Suttner played in Brighton's first ever win in the Premier League in a 3–1 home win over West Brom on 9 September 2017 in which Pascal Gross scored 2 with Tomer Hemed netting the other.[6] Suttner made his FA Cup debut in a 1–0 away win over Middlesbrough with Glenn Murray scoring a 90th minute winner.[7] Suttner played in 3 FA Cup matches where they were eventually knocked out by Manchester United in the Quarter Finals.[8] Brighton finished the season in 15th place securing safety in a 1–0 home win over Manchester United on 4 May 2018 where Gross scored a header that only just crossed the line from a José Izquierdo cross. Suttner was absent from this match squad however.[9] In his first season at Brighton he played 14 Premier League matches and 3 FA Cup matches.

Suttner played in his first EFL Cup match on 28 August 2018 in a 1–0 home defeat against south coast rivals, Southampton.[10] This turned out to be his only appearance for the Sussex club this season being sent out on loan in January 2019.[11]

Loan to Fortuna Düsseldorf

Suttner signed for Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan on the 18 January 2019 who were playing their first season in the German top flight since the 2012–13 Bundesliga.[12] He made his debut on 6 February in a DFB Pokal match where he started and played the full match in the 4–1 away defeat to Schalke 04.[13] The next game he played in was a league game away against Bayer Leverkusen where Fortuna lost 2–0 on the 17 February.[14] On 27 April Suttner scored against SV Werder Bremen to make it 4–1 and to seal the win.[15]

Fortuna Düsseldorf

On 30 July 2019, Suttner joined Fortuna Düsseldorf on a year-long contract.[16]

International career

Suttner made seven appearances for Austria's Under-21 side, before making his full debut on 1 June 2012, in the 3–2 win over Ukraine in a friendly match. Suttner was a part of the squad for the UEFA Euro 2016 but did not make an appearance in any of the three games where Austria finished bottom of their group. After 20 caps, it was announced on 10 May 2017, that he had retired from international football.[17]

Career statistics

Club
As of 27 June 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FK Austria Wien[18] 2008–09 Austrian
Bundesliga		 22020—00240
2009–10 27030—5[lower-alpha 1]0350
2010–11 27210—6[lower-alpha 1]0342
2011–12 30130—12[lower-alpha 1]0451
2012–13 35350——403
2013–14 35220—9[lower-alpha 2]0462
2014–15 31150——361
Total 2079210—3202609
FC Ingolstadt 04[19] 2015–16 Bundesliga 18010——190
2016–17 31420——334
Total 49430—00524
Brighton & Hove Albion 2017–18[20] Premier League 1403000—170
2018–19 000010—10
Total 140301000180
Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) 2018–19 Bundesliga 5
110——61
Fortuna Düsseldorf 2019–20 21000——210
Total 261100000271
Career totals 296142801032035714
  1. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Honours

Austria Wien

References
  1. "Squads for 2017/18 Premier League confirmed". Premier League. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
  2. "Markus Suttner: Brighton sign Austria full-back from Ingolstadt - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 13 July 2017.
  3. "Pascal Gross: Brighton & Hove Albion sign FC Ingolstadt 04 midfielder - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 1 July 2017.
  4. Scott, Matthew (12 August 2017). "Brighton and Hove Albion 0 Manchester City 2: Ruthless Aguero makes the difference for Guardiola". Goal.com.
  5. Reddy, Luke (19 August 2017). "Leicester City 2–0 Brighton & Hove Albion". BBC Sport.
  6. "Premier League ruft! Gross verlässt FCI". kicker Online (in German). 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
  7. "Middlesbrough 0–1 Brighton & Hove Albion - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 27 January 2018.
  8. "Manchester United 2–0 Brighton & Hove Albion - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 17 March 2018.
  9. "Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 Manchester United – BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 4 May 2018.
  10. "Brighton & Hove Albion V Southampton - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  11. "Markus Suttner: Brighton defender joins German club Fortuna Dusseldorf on loan - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 18 January 2019.
  12. "Markus Suttner: Brighton defender joins German club Fortuna Dusseldorf on loan - BBC Sport". BBC Sport. 18 January 2019.
  13. "Schalke 04 V Fortuna". 6 February 2019.
  14. "Bayer V Fortuna". 17 February 2019.
  15. "Fortuna Düsseldorf 1895: Home". Retrieved 27 April 2019.
  16. "Fortuna verpflichtet Markus Suttner" (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 30 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  17. https://twitter.com/oefb1904/status/862214514988732417 - ÖFB Twitter post (German)
  18. "Markus Suttner: Club matches". WorldFootball.net. Heim:Spiel. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  19. "M. Suttner". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  20. "Games played by Markus Suttner in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
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