Markus Steinhöfer

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Markus Steinhöfer

Markus Steinhöfer (2011)
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-03-07) 7 March 1986
Place of birthWeißenburg in Bayern, West Germany
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionRight back / Midfielder
Club information
Current clubTSV 1860 Munich
Youth career
DSC Weißenburg
TSV Roth
0000–20021. FC Nuremberg
2002–2004Bayern Munich
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2004–2008Bayern Munich II57(2)
2006–2008→ Red Bull Salzburg (loan)48(2)
2008–2010Eintracht Frankfurt41(3)
2010→ 1. FC Kaiserslautern (loan)15(2)
2011–2013FC Basel76(1)
2013–2014Real Betis3(0)
2014–TSV 1860 Munich0(0)
National team‡
Germany U169(1)
2004Germany U182(0)
2003–2005Germany U199(2)
2007Germany U213(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24:00, 1 June 2013 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 24:00, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Markus Steinhöfer (born 7 March 1986 in Weißenburg in Bayern) is a German footballer, who plays for TSV 1860 Munich in 2.Bundesliga, mainly as a right defender (he can also play as a right midfielder).

Career

In July 2008, he moved to Eintracht Frankfurt for a fee of €900,000.[1] In his second season he struggled to find a regular spot and announced that it was his intention to transfer.[2] On 29 December 2009, Eintracht Frankfurt loaned him to 1. FC Kaiserslautern until the end of the season.[3] At the end of the season, he returned to Frankfurt but was unable to make an impact.

In January 2011 Markus Steinhöfer left the Frankfurt to join FC Basel.[4][5] He played his first game for his new team on 6 February 2011 in the 3–2 away win against FC Thun.[6] He played all 18 Swiss Super League games and at the end of the 2010–11 season Steinhöfer won the Championship with Basel.

On 7 December 2011, during the Champions League group C match at home to Manchester United, trying to make a clearance, Steinhöfer volleyed the ball against his own crossbar. Basel won the match 2–1, sending United out of the Champions league.[7] Steinhöfer's fans created a song to celebrate this feat.

Steinhöfer scored his first Super League goal in the 3–0 away win against Sion on 22 April 2012. At the end of the 2011–12 season he won the Double, the League Championship title[8] and the Swiss Cup[9] with the club.

At the end of the Swiss Super League seaon 2012–13 he won the Championship title[10] and was Swiss Cup runner up with Basel.[11] In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League Basel advanced as far as the semi-finals, there being matched against the reigning UEFA Champions League holders Chelsea, but they were knocked out, losing both home and away ties, beaten 2-5 on aggregate.[12] In a long season with a total of 76 games (62 in League, Cup, European Champions League, Europa League and 14 test matches) he had a total of 63 appearances. After two and a half years in Basel his contract was not extended.

International career

He has played for multiple youth teams for Germany, including the German U21 team.

Titles and honours

Salzburg

Basel

References

  1. ↑ "Bundesligist Eintracht Frankfurt plant weiter für die Zukunft und verpflichtet deutschen Junioren-Nationalspieler" (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. 13 February 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008. 
  2. ↑ "Frankfurter Steinhöfer erwägt Vereinswechsel" (in German). transfermarkt.de. 
  3. ↑ "1.FC Kaiserslautern leiht Markus Steinhöfer aus" (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 8 December 2011. 
  4. ↑ "Markus Steinhöfer wechselt zum FC Basel" [Markus Steinhöfer transfers to FC Basel]. official website (in German). Eintracht Frankfurt. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2011. 
  5. ↑ "Der FCB verpflichtet Bundesliga-Spieler Markus Steinhöfer" (in German). FC Basel 1893. 26 January 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011. 
  6. ↑ Meister, Remo (6 February 2011). "Der FCB schiesst sich an die Spitze" (in German). FC Basel 1893. Retrieved 8 December 2011. 
  7. ↑ Ornstein, David (2011). "BBC Match Report". BBC. Retrieved 7 December 2011. 
  8. ↑ "Jetzt hat Basel den Titel auf sicher". football.ch. 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.  (German)
  9. ↑ "Matchtelegram FC Basel 1893 5:3 FC Luzern". football.ch. 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2012.  (German)
  10. ↑ Schifferle, Michael (2013). "Season review: Switzerland". Eufa. Retrieved 2013-06-10. 
  11. ↑ SFV (2013). "Telegramm Schweizer Cup Final". Schweizerischer Fussballverband. Retrieved 2013-05-20.  (German)
  12. ↑ Haylett, Trevor (2013). "Basel take heart after Chelsea defeat". Eufa. Retrieved 2013-05-03. 

External links

TSV 1860 München – current squad
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