Markus Kiesenebner

Markus Kiesenebner

Personal information
Date of birth	(1979-04-21) 21 April 1979
Place of birth	Linz, Austria
Height
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	retired
Youth career
	USW Babenberg
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1997	FC Linz
1997–2001	LASK Linz	36	(2)
2001–2002	Austria Wien	13	(1)
2002–2004	SV Pasching	40	(5)
2004–2007	Austria Wien	86	(9)
2007–2008	Lillestrøm SK	6	(0)
2009	SC Rheindorf Altach
2009–	FC Pasching
International career‡
2004–2007	Austria	12	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 January 2008 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 July 2008

Markus Kiesenebner (born 21 April 1979) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. He retired from active career in 2009

Club career

Kiesenebner was born in Linz, started his career with hometown FC Linz then played with LASK Linz when the two Linz sides merged under the LASK name. He moved to Austria Wien when LASK Linz were relegated in 2001 but struggled to establish himself. In 2002-03 he returned to Upper Austria with surprise 1st League champions SV Pasching and in his two seasons at the Waldstadion he helped Pasching qualify for the UEFA Cup for the first time. This prompted renewed interest from Austria Wien, who bought him for a second time in 2004.

On 1 June 2007, Kiesenebner signed for Norwegian Premier League club Lillestrøm SK, in a Bosman ruling. After his move to Lillestrøm, Kiesenebner has been severely troubled by injuries. He is estimated to be back to full fitness in April 2008. After yet a season troubled with injury in 2008, with little or no playing time at all, Kiesenebner and Lillestrøm came to an agreement to terminate the conctract in November 2008. After two months without club he signed with SC Rheindorf Altach in January 2009.

International career

He made his debut for Austria in an April 2004 friendly match against Luxembourg and has earned 12 caps, scoring one goal.

Honours

• Austrian Football Bundesliga (1):
  • 2006
• Austrian Cup (3):
  • 2005, 2006, 2007
• Norwegian Cup (1):
  • 2007

External links

• Player profile - Austria Archive
• Markus Kiesenebner at National-Football-Teams.com