Markus Unger (born 18 November 1981) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Unger was born in

Fulda Fulda () (historically in English called Fuld) is a city in Hesse, Germany; it is located on the river Fulda and is the administrative seat of the Fulda district (''Kreis''). In 1990, the city hosted the 30th Hessentag state festival. Histor ...

. He spent his early career mostly as a

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in the third and fourth divisions of German football, most notably with

Kickers Emden BSV Kickers Emden is a Football in Germany, German association football club, located in Emden, Lower Saxony. History The club first began playing in 1928 as a section of the gymnastics club Emder Turnverein, which was founded in 1861. An inde ...

during the 2008–09 3. Liga season. In 2010, he joined

Eintracht Braunschweig Braunschweiger Turn- und Sportverein Eintracht von 1895 e.V., commonly known as Eintracht Braunschweig () or BTSV (), is a German football and sports club based in Braunschweig, Lower Saxony. They compete in the 2. Bundesliga, the second tier o ...

, where he helped the club to gain promotion back to the 2. Bundesliga. Unger went on to play the first 2. Bundesliga season of his career the next year, making four appearances. He retired from professional football in 2012, but will stay with the club both as a player and as assistant coach of Eintracht Braunschweig's reserve team. In 2014, Unger announced his retirement as a player, but stayed on as Eintracht Braunschweig II's assistant manager and as a coach at the club's youth academy.

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* 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Fulda Footballers from Kassel (region) German men's footballers Borussia Fulda players Eintracht Braunschweig players Eintracht Braunschweig II players Kickers Emden players KSV Hessen Kassel players Sportfreunde Siegen players SSV Reutlingen 05 players Men's association football midfielders 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Eintracht Braunschweig non-playing staff 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub