Markus Hausweiler

Markus Hausweiler

Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-04-15) 15 April 1976
Place of birth	Wegberg, West Germany
Height
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
0000–1988	VfR Neuss
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–2005	Borussia Mönchengladbach	141	(6)
2005–2008	MSV Duisburg	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Markus Hausweiler (born 15 April 1976) is a German former footballer.

Hausweiler had been starting his career at Borussia Mönchengladbach, a club he joined as a twelve-year-old in 1988 from VfR Neuss. Debuting for Mönchengladbach in the Bundesliga on 16 March 1996, Hausweiler was a permanent member of the Mönchengladbach squad since becoming professional at the start of the 1997–98 campaign. Still on contract with his side he was suspended from first team training under then Mönchengladbach manager Dick Advocaat in spring 2005 together with Marcelo Pletsch and Igor Demo. Despite Hausweiler complaining and appealing, his contract got terminated consequently.

At the start of the 2005–06 season he joined newly promoted MSV Duisburg that was managed by Norbert Meier, once his manager in his youth at Mönchengladbach. Three matches into the season, the tough tackling midfielder picked up a persistent knee-injury that kept him out for more than just the remainder of that season and forced him in retirement.