Markus Weissenberger
Personal information
Full name Markus Weissenberger
Date of birth (1975-03-08) 8 March 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 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]
NoDateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.27 March 2002Merkur-Arena, Graz, Austria Slovakia2–02–0 Friendly match

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Austria 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. 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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