Markus Weissenberger

Markus Weissenberger
Personal information
Full name	Markus Weissenberger
Date of birth	8 March 1975 (age 49)
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
1993–1994	SV Spittal
1995–1999	LASK
1999–2001	Arminia Bielefeld
2001–2004	1860 Munich
2004–2008	Eintracht Frankfurt
2008–2010	LASK
Total
International career
1999–2008	Austria
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

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.

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

He returned to LASK in summer 2008 on a free transfer.^[2]

International career

Weissenberger made his debut for the Austria national team 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.

International goal

Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.^[3]^[4]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	27 March 2002	Merkur-Arena, Graz, Austria	Slovakia	2–0	2–0	Friendly match

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Austria	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

Honours

Eintracht Frankfurt

DFB-Pokal runner-up: 2005–06

References

^ "Interesse an jüngstem "Wiesel"". Vorarlberg Online (in German). 25 May 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ "Weissenberger secures LASK recall". euro2008.uefa.com. 6 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 May 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
^ "Match log for Markus Weissenberger". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
^ Bufi, Edvin (8 November 2016). "Länderspiel-Bilanz zwischen Österreich und der Slowakei" (in German). 12termann.at. Retrieved 9 July 2023.

External links

Markus Weissenberger at eintracht-archiv.de (in German)
Profile at VI (in Dutch)
Markus Weissenberger at National-Football-Teams.com

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[1] "Interesse an jüngstem "Wiesel"". Vorarlberg Online (in German). 25 May 1999. Retrieved 27 May 2019.

[2] "Weissenberger secures LASK recall". euro2008.uefa.com. 6 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 May 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2008.

[3] "Match log for Markus Weissenberger". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 9 July 2023.

[4] Bufi, Edvin (8 November 2016). "Länderspiel-Bilanz zwischen Österreich und der Slowakei" (in German). 12termann.at. Retrieved 9 July 2023.

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