Markus Berger

Markus Berger

Berger (left) in action for Chornomorets
Personal information
Date of birth21 January 1985
Place of birthSalzburg, Austria
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current team
Gil Vicente
Number44
Youth career
1993–1999Austria Salzburg
1999–2002Stuttgart
2002–2004Eintracht Frankfurt
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2004–2007SV Ried61(1)
2007–2011Académica71(5)
2012–2014Chornomorets52(0)
2014Start11(1)
2014Ural3(0)
2015–Gil Vicente2(0)
National team
2004–2007Austria U2134(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2015.
† Appearances (Goals).

Markus Berger (born 21 January 1985 in Salzburg) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays for Portuguese club Gil Vicente F.C. as a central defender.

Club career

Having started his professional career at SV Ried, Berger helped it promote to the Bundesliga in his first year, and played in 14 games as the club finished in a best-ever runner-up position in the 2006–07 season. Portuguese League side Académica de Coimbra paid €300,000 for his services in July 2007; after going almost unnoticed throughout the campaign he scored in his fifth match with the Students, in a 3–0 away win against S.L. Benfica.

Berger was first-choice in his last two years with Académica, netting four league goals combined in the process. During January 2009 he went on a trial period with Hibernian from the Scottish Premier League,[1] and his agent later claimed that a loan deal had been agreed between the clubs with Hibs having the option to buy the player at the end of the season for £500,000,[2] but the move was not completed.

On 30 December 2011, after nearly 100 official appearances for Académica, Berger penned a three-year contract at Ukrainian Premier League team FC Chornomorets Odesa. At the start of March 2014 he left his team due to the civil unrest caused by the 2014 Ukrainian revolution,[3] going on to sign for Norwegian Premier League club IK Start late into that month.[4] On 6 April he made his debut against FK Haugesund in a 3–1 success, in which he also scored his first goal for his new team.

In June 2014, after only a few months in Norway, Berger moved to the Russian Premier League with FC Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Hibs look at Berger; Sky Sports, 19 January 2009
  2. ↑ Hibs agree Berger loan; Sky Sports, 25 January 2009
  3. ↑ "Five foreign players leave Football Club Chornomorets because of situation in Ukraine". Kyiv Post. 4 March 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Start henter midtstopper; Start's official website, 31 March 2014 (Norwegian)
  5. ↑ «УРАЛ» ЗАКЛЮЧИЛ КОНТРАКТ С МАРКУСОМ БЕРГЕРОМ (in Russian). FC Ural. 19 June 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  6. ↑ «Урал» подписал четверых новичков (in Russian). Sportbox. 28 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.

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