Markus Münch (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Markus Münch | ||
| Date of birth | 7 September 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Nußloch, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Left Wing-Back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1990 | SV Sandhausen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1994 | Bayern Munich | 38 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | Bayer Leverkusen | 57 | (3) |
| 1996–1998 | Bayern Munich | 11 | (0) |
| 1998 | 1. FC Köln | 13 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 | Genoa | 32 | (2) |
| 1999–2001 | Beşiktaş | 60 | (6) |
| 2001–2003 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 45 | (7) |
| 2003–2005 | Panathinaikos | 44 | (3) |
| Total | 300 | (23) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991 | Germany U-20 | 2 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Germany U-21 | 12 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Markus Münch (born 7 September 1972 in Nußloch, West Germany) is a German former footballer who played as a defender. He is currently a racehorse trainer based in France.
Münch played as a youth for SV Sandhausen, before joining Bayern Munich as a 17-year-old in 1990. He made his debut for the club in March 1991, as a substitute for Christian Ziege in a European Cup match against FC Porto, and added two Bundesliga appearances before the end of the season as Bayern finished in second place.
Münch began to establish himself in the first team the following season – his first appearance came in October, when he scored an own goal after replacing Hans Pflügler in a 3–0 defeat against Borussia Dortmund. Eleven days later he scored his first goal at the right end, the sixth in a 6–2 UEFA Cup win against B 1903. He played regularly during the second half of the season, finishing on fifteen league appearances in what was a disastrous season for Bayern – they finished in 10th place.
Over the next two seasons Münch made a similar number of appearances, helping Bayern to a Bundesliga title in 1993–94, before leaving at the end of the season in search of first-team football, signing for Bayer Leverkusen.
Münch was a regular first-team player for Leverkusen in the next two years, making over 60 appearances helping them reach the UEFA Cup semi-final in 1994–95, but the following year they were involved in a relegation battle, and were only saved by a goal by Münch on the last day of the season – his 81st-minute equaliser in a 1–1 draw with 1. FC Kaiserslautern condemning Lautern to the drop instead.
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