Markus Berger

Markus Berger (born 21 January 1985 in Salzburg) is an Austrian football player.

Career

Berger began his career with FC Salzburg and in 1997 to SV Austria Salzburg. In 1999 he moved as a teenager for a total of five years after Germany, where he played in the youth of the VfB Stuttgart and Eintracht Frankfurt in the Amateuermannschaft. At the beginning of the 2004/05 season, he returned to Austria for SV Ried in the second-class First League. With the SV Ried he popped straight up in the Bundesliga and completed on 30 July 2005 at the match against Austria Wien made ​​his Bundesliga debut.

After three years in Austria Berger went in the summer of 2007 after Portugal Academica Coimbra. For the club from Coimbra he came in 71 league games for use, scoring five goals. He was also behind the Orlando substitute captain of his team. In December 2011, he announced, not wanting to extend his contract, so he should be sold in winter to achieve a release. On December 30, he joined the Ukrainian first division club Chernomorets Odessa. There he received a three -year contract. On March 4, 2014, he broke his contract in Odessa due to the political unrest in Ukraine.

National

Markus Berger with 34 inserts the record player of the U -21 national team of Austria. He also played for all other age groups, and came into this on a total of 36 missions.

Achievements

Familial

Markus Berger comes from a sports-loving family. His father Hans -Peter Berger sen. played for years with the SV Austria Salzburg in the Bundesliga. His brother Hans -Peter Berger jun. is awarded as a goalkeeper for FC Red Bull Salzburg under contract to FC Traun.