Markus SteinhÃ¶fer

Markus Steinhöfer (left)

Markus Stein Höfer ( born March 7, 1986 in White Castle in Bavaria ) is a German footballer who is back with the round starts 2013/14 second division TSV 1860 Munich contract.

Career

Clubs

Steinhöfer began at DSC White Castle, a resident of his native club, playing football and came through the youth department of TSV Roth for 1.FC Nürnberg. In 2002 he came to the A-Juniors FC Bayern Munich, for their amateur team he came in the Regionalliga Süd used and 2004 the championship title won in this league.

About a lending transaction, he played from the 2006/07 season for the Austrian first division side Red Bull Salzburg, for the first time he scored a goal in the top flight on 30 October 2007 (17th Round ) in a 2-1 victory over Rapid Vienna.

On 1 July 2008 Steinhöfer was awarded a three year contract with the Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt. His league debut came on August 17, 2008 ( 1st Round ) in the 0-2 defeat at home to Hertha BSC; He scored his first goal on October 4, 2008 ( 7th Round ) in the 1-2 defeat in the away match against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim.

For the second half of the 2009/10 season he was loaned to second-division 1 FC Kaiserslautern. With two goals and two assists in 15 games he was there for the rise of the Palatinate in the Bundesliga at. Then he returned to harmony back to Frankfurt. In the first half of the 2010/11 season he was four times off the bench and came on about 60 minutes of operating time.

During the winter break of 2010/11 he joined the Swiss first division club FC Basel, for whom he made his debut on February 6, 2011 ( 19th Round ) in the 3-2 win in the away match against FC Thun. At the end of the season 2010/11 Steinhöfer was Swiss champion with FC Basel. His first league goal for FC Basel, he scored 22 April 2012 ( 30th Round ) in the 3-0 win in the away match against FC Sion the deficit to intermediate 2-0. At the end of the season Steinhöfer again won the league title and the Cup victory and the Double.

At the end of the 2012/13 season Steinhöfer was with FC Basel for the third time Swiss champion; the cup final was however lost with 4:5 in a penalty shoot-out against Grasshopper Club Zurich. In the Europa League 2012/13 he managed with FC Basel to the semi-finals where he performed against the reigning Champions League winners Chelsea. However, they lost the home and the away game and eliminated in the total score of 2:5 from. In a long season with a total of 76 games ( 36 in Super League, 6 in Cup, 20 in the Champions League and Europa League, including 14 test matches ), he had a total of 63 missions, of which 29 are in the Super League, four in the cup as well as 16 inserts in the Champions and Europa League and 14 in test matches.

For the 2013/14 season he moved to Spanish side Real Betis, for whom he on November 3, 2013 ( 12th Round ) in the 2:3 defeat in the away match against FC Málaga - with Substitutes for Juan Carlos in the 66th minute - debuted.

On January 18, 2014, he signed a contract with the second division club TSV 1860 Munich, for which he ( 20th Round ) debuted in the home game against Fortuna Dusseldorf in the 1-1 draw on 10 February 2014 and after 20 November 2010 ( 13 Matchday), completed in the 0-4 defeat in the home game of the Frankfurt against TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, again a league match in Germany.

National

The national team wore Steinhöfer first time on 21 August 2001 in Parchim, as the U -16 national selection team defeated Denmark 4-1. In the ninth game, his last in this national team, he met in Waldshut- Tiengen in a 3-1 victory over the national team of Switzerland for temporarily 3-0 and for the first time.

On 9 and 11 March 2004, he played twice in the U-18 national team, which played in Sandhausen 1:1 and 0:2 in Neckarelz against the national team of France.

On 17 September 2004 Steinhöfer debuted in the U-19 national team, which defeated with 1:4 in Duisburg against the national team of Spain. In his second match for this selection team, he scored the opening goal in the 39th minute in a 3-0 win against the national team of Slovenia on 21 October 2004 in Celje his first international goal in this age group.

For the international U-21 tournament in Toulon from May 31 to June 9, 2007 Steinhöfer was first nominated for the U-21 national team. He made his debut on June 2 in Hyeres a 0-0 draw against the selection of the Ivory Coast. His last game for the U- 21 team, he played on November 18, 2008 in Osnabrück 's 1-0 win against the national team of Italy ( scorer Toni Kroos ).

Achievements

Bayern Munich

German A- Junior Champion 2004
Master of the Regionalliga Süd 2004

Salzburg

Austrian Champion 2007

Kaiserslautern

Master of the 2nd Bundesliga 2010
Promotion to the Bundesliga in 2010

Basel

Swiss Champion 2011, 2012, 2013
Swiss Cup Winner 2012
Swiss Cupfinalist 2013

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