Markus Weissenberger

Markus Weissenberger (born March 8, 1975) is an Austrian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Markus Weissenberger
Personal information
Full name Markus Weissenberger
Date of birth (1975-03-08) March 8, 1975
Place of birth Lauterach, Austria
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1988 FC Hard
1988–1991 FC Dornbirn
1991–1993 SV Spittal
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 SV Spittal 59 (24)
1995–1999 LASK Linz 134 (26)
1999–2001 Arminia Bielefeld 54 (12)
2001–2004 1860 Munich 74 (7)
2004–2008 Eintracht Frankfurt 69 (4)
2008–2010 LASK Linz 10 (0)
National team
1999–2008 Austria 29 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He is a younger brother of former Austria international player Thomas Weissenberger.[1]

Club career

Weissenberger played for Eintracht Frankfurt, TSV 1860 Munich, 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.[2]

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.

Career statistics

International

Austria national team
YearAppsGoals
199930
200030
200160
200261
200330
200400
200510
200620
200740
200810
Total291

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt

References

  1. "Interesse an jüngstem "Wiesel"". Vorarlberg Online (in German). 25 May 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. "Weissenberger secures LASK recall". euro2008.uefa.com. 2008-05-06. Archived from the original on 2008-05-07. Retrieved 2008-05-07.


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