Markus Münch (footballer)

Markus Münch ( born September 7, 1972 in Nussloch ) is a former German football player and current horse trainer.

Career

Clubs

From youth club SV Sandhausen about the youth department of FC Bayern Munich Münch succeeded in 1990, the "rise" in the first team squad. Before his Bundesliga debut, he played on 20 March 1991, first on the international stage: In the quarter -final second leg match in the European Cup of Champions, he was - in a 2-0 away win over FC Porto - on as a substitute in the 83rd minute for Christian goat. In his first Bundesliga season he was used twice, he (25th Round ) made ​​his debut on April 13, 1991 - on as a substitute in the 75th minute for Manfred Schwabl - was a 1-1 draw against Werder Bremen. After three seasons and 36 league games in 1994, he moved to Bayer 04 Leverkusen, for whom he played for two years and in which he scored his first Bundesliga goal ( December 3, 1994, 16th Round, Bayer 04 Leverkusen - 1.FC Cologne 3: 1). Its main goal was the late equalizer at 1-1 in the 82nd minute against 1 FC Kaiserslautern on 18 May 1996 ( 34th Round ) - with this result his club was top notch, Kaiserslautern, however, rose to the 2nd Bundesliga from. Then Munch returned for one season back to Bayern, played in the second half of the season 1997/98 for the relegation-threatened " Billy Goats " and changed - after the descent could not be prevented - to Italy for second division FC Genoa. At the beginning of the season 1999/2000 brought him Hans -Peter Briegel to the Turkish top club Beşiktaş Istanbul. After two seasons in Turkey Munch returned to Germany in order henceforth to play for Borussia Mönchengladbach. After another two seasons Münch changed again and free transfer abroad to Greece. With Panathinaikos he won in the first year, the "Double" and ended a year later, there 's active footballers career.

National

Markus Münch made ​​his debut in the U-20 National Team at the side of Markus Babbel and Dieter Frey on January 29, 1991 in a 3-0 victory over the selection of Portugal. His last game for this selection - also at the side of the aforementioned players - he played on February 1 in the 1-2 defeat against the selection of Spain.

On April 21, 1992 - a 1-1 draw in Pilsen against the Czech U -21 - Munch gave his international debut for the U-21 national team. His first goal in the national jersey he scored on 22 December 1992 Bielefeld 4-1 win over Albania. On December 14, 1993 was subject to the U -21 with 1:3 in Cordoba against Spain - it was the last game Münchs. Although he was called 12 times, he never got to use one in the senior team.

Achievements

• German Champion 1994, 1997
• DFL - League Cup winners 1997
• Greek Champion 2004
• Greek Cup Winners 2004

Others

Since 2001 Münch owners, breeders, and then, since 2010, coach of English Thoroughbreds. His training center is located since 2012 in Frankfurt. The entry into the profession of galloping trainer was an excellent success. With its drawn on the Schlenderhan stud mare Intarsia he scored on 8 August 2010 in Hannover with a list win his first major success.