Markus Weissenberger

Markus Weissenberger

Personal information
Full name	Markus Weissenberger
Date of birth	(1975-03-08) 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	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1994	SV Spittal	59	(24)
1995–1999	LASK	134	(26)
1999–2001	Arminia Bielefeld	54	(12)
2001–2004	1860 Munich	74	(7)
2004–2008	Eintracht Frankfurt	69	(4)
2008–2010	LASK	10	(0)
Total		400	(73)
International career
1999–2008	Austria	29	(1)
*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

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.

External links

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