Markus Oberleitner (born 16 August 1973) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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for

SpVgg Unterhaching Spielvereinigung Unterhaching () is a German sports club in Unterhaching, a semi-rural municipality on the southern outskirts of the Bavarian capital Munich. The club is widely known for playing in the first-division association football league ...

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fo ...

and Greuther Fürth in Germany and finished his career with

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in Austria.

Career

Oberleitner was born in

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. He played as a youth for TSV Ottobrunn and TSV Brunnthal. In 1994, he signed for the then Regionalliga Süd (III) team

, achieving promotion to the 2. Bundesliga in his first season. In the 1995–96 season, he made 24 appearances in the second tier, scoring nine goals. The club finished in a respectable fourth place. He subsequently joined neighbours

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. He remained a backup player at FC Bayern, however, and didn't make a single first-team appearance, before joining

during the winter-break. Here he made his

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debut, but the club were relegated, and he returned to Unterhaching at the end of the season. In 1999, Unterhaching were promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time in their history, and for their two years at this level, Oberleitner was a key first-team player. He made 63 appearances, scoring six goals, most famously a header in a 2–0 win over

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It competes in the B ...

– a result that handed the league title to his former club, Bayern Munich. After Unterhaching's relegation in 2001, Oberleitner joined

SpVgg Greuther Fürth Spielvereinigung Greuther Fürth (), commonly known as Greuther Fürth (), is a Football in Germany, German football club based in Fürth, Bavaria. They play in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier of the German football league system, following r ...

, of the 2. Bundesliga, but only made two first-team appearances. After a year, he moved to

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, joining

. He retired from the game in 2003.

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* 1973 births Living people German men's footballers Men's association football midfielders SpVgg Unterhaching players Fortuna Düsseldorf players FC Bayern Munich footballers SpVgg Greuther Fürth players FC Kärnten players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Footballers from Munich {{germany-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub