Denis Berger
Denis Berger ( born April 14, 1983 in Vienna) is an Austrian football player who is particularly used on the wing positions in midfield. Even as a 14- year-old joined Berger to Germany in 1997, where he apart from a one-year stop at the Austrian first division side SV Ried also spent his further career so far. He played for various clubs in the third-tier Regionalliga and later in the 3rd league, came for VfL Bochum but also to 16 missions in the 2nd Bundesliga.
Career
Youth in Vienna and Stuttgart
The 1983 salvaged Berger began his footballing career in 1986 at the Prater SV from Vienna, who was regarded as a cooperation partner of FK Austria Wien and should be incorporated in the 1990s, even in these. Berger moved but in 1988 even as a five year old in the youth departments of Austria, where he was a below for a total of nine years.
1997 Berger left Austria to join the German VfB Stuttgart, for whom he first played a year in the C- youth. 1998/99 was Berger then to B Youth VfB, with which he will qualify for the final round of the German U-17 Championship, and was able to advance in this way to the final. This led to the new edition of the finals from the previous year, which had lost Stuttgart vs. Borussia Dortmund in a penalty shootout, but this time could VfB win the title with a 3-1 victory. In the following season 1999/2000 but Berger was unable to repeat this success with the VfB and already retired from the semi-final of the Youth Cup.
For the 2000/01 season Berger was appointed to the A- youth of VfB Stuttgart. Although missed the team this season to qualify for the final round of the German U-19 Championship, but in the Junior Club Cup, the team reached the final in 2000/ 01, the Stuttgart with a 5-1 victory over FK Pirmasens decided for themselves. In the following season 2001/ 02 succeeded the A- youth VfB to penetrate both the U-19 Championship and in the club trophy to the final. In the cup final 2001/ 02 Berger defeated VfB FC Schalke 04 on penalties, and also the championship final against Bayern Munich was lost by 4-0.
For the youth national teams of the Austrian Football Association played a total of Berger in over 50 games.
Beginnings in Stuttgart
Even as A Teenager Berger came in the closing stages of the season 2001 /02 to two inserts in Stuttgart's second men's team that played under coach Peter Starzmann against the threat of relegation from the third-tier Regionalliga. Ultimately, it failed the team to keep the class so that Berger, who was acquired from the youth in the reserve team in the summer of 2002, the 2002/ 03 experienced only in the vierklassigen Oberliga Baden -Württemberg. With nine goals in 30 missions but Berger was able to contribute as a regular player for direct re-emergence of the team, so he not only played for the U- 21 team of Austria in qualifying for Euro 2004, but also the attention of the coach of Stuttgart Bundesliga team, Felix Magath, had drawn up.
For the Bundesliga season 2003/ 04 Berger was part of the first team of VfB, but came through injury only to the reserve for use and found himself back in the squad below the reserve again. So Berger came in the Regionalliga seasons 2003/ 04 and 2004/ 05 under the coaches Reinhold Fanz Rainer Adrion each respectively to 29 and in the 2005/06 season again for another 26 appearances for Stuttgart's " Second ". In the summer of 2006, his commitment ended in Stuttgart after 116 league operations, in which he scored 20 goals.
Regional with victories and Kassel
Berger joined in the summer of 2006 within the Regional to Sportfreunde Siegen, with whom he first negotiated a two -year contract. Under coach Ralf Loose Berger succeeded in the first round of the 2006 /07 not to prevail in victory Regional team, so he played only three bets on the grid and seven missions as a substitute.
Therefore, Berger moved to Winterhaven again the club and joined the regional league team KSV Hessen Kassel, where he first received a contract to the end of the season, which was soon extended by one year. Here, Berger ran in the second half under coach Matthias Hamann in 13 games for Kassel and wore it with two goals in the league of the riser. 2007/ 08 played Berger in 27 other parts of Kassel, where he scored two goals again, but missed the club in 14th place of the final table to qualify for the newly founded 3rd Liga in the summer of 2008, after Berger left the club.
About Austria in the 3rd League
In SV Josko Riedberger found a new employer with whom he signed a contract until 2010, so he was first active in the Austrian Bundesliga in the 2008 /09 season. Under coach Paul Gludovatz Berger came here to 20 inserts and finally finished with the team's fifth place in the final table. End of the season Berger asked for the dissolution of his contract, which was approved by the association.
Berger moved back to Germany, where he signed a two year contract with the Bavarian third division side SSV Jahn Regensburg. In the 2009/10 season Berger ran under coach Mark Weinzierl on 35 of the 38 non- league games, which he had share of the league of the SSV as Table Six tenth.
Even after this season Berger joined the club again and joined the direct third division rivals Kickers Offenbach, where he again received a two-year contract. But even in Offenbach remained Berger only a year after he had first become the first, and later coached by Wolfgang Wolf by Arie van Lent team with seven assists and two goals himself achieved in twelve inserts for achievers, he could not due to an ankle fracture build on these achievements. So Berger came in the second half only to ten scoreless stakes and left the club at end of season.
Stations in Bochum and Rostock
The second division VfL Bochum took Berger then initially for two years under contract. During the second league season 2011/12 Berger came in the beginning of Friedhelm glitter, then by Andreas Bergmann trained team but do not have a reserve player out, so he was only four times in the starting lineup and another twelve missions played as a substitute.
That ended once a contract Bergers after one year: For 2012/13 season he signed a contract valid for two years at third division FC Hansa Rostock. For this Berger completed 14 missions during the first round, was again not able to establish themselves as key players especially after the transfer of the Office of coach Wolfgang Wolf on Marc Fascher but. In the second half Berger then played exclusively for Hansas reserve team in the Oberliga Nordost fünftklassigen for which he played a total of eleven bets. End of the season broke his contract with FC Berger Hansa then prematurely.