Markus Schopp

Markus Schopp

Personal information
Full name	Markus Schopp
Date of birth	(1974-02-22) 22 February 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Graz, Austria
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1991–1996	SK Sturm Graz	102	(10)
1996–1998	Hamburger SV	40	(3)
1998–2001	SK Sturm Graz	101	(20)
2001–2005	Brescia Calcio	80	(3)
2005–2006	FC Red Bull Salzburg	31	(6)
2006–2007	→ New York Red Bulls (loan)	10	(0)
Total		364	(42)
National team
1995–2005	Austria	56	(6)
Teams managed
2008 2009-2011 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013 2013-2017 2017–2018 2018–2021 2021 2021-2024 <bɾ>2024-	New York Red Bulls (youth) SK Sturm Graz U10 Austria U21 (assistance coach) SK Sturm Graz Academy U18 SK Sturm Graz II SK Sturm Graz SK Sturm Graz II SKN St. Pölten (assistance coach) TSV Hartberg FC Barnsley TSV Hartberg <bɾ> LASK
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Markus Schopp (born 22 February 1974 in Graz, Austria) is a retired Austrian football midfielder. Now he is assistance coach of the Austrian U21 team and analyst for the pay TV group SKY.

He started his career in the youth teams of ESK and SK Sturm Graz. His professional career started with SK Sturm Graz. He played till 1996 for this team and won the Austrian Cup in 1996. He went on to Hamburger SV in the German Bundesliga where he played till 1998. In his second season for HSV he played not regularly so he went back to Sturm Graz. There he reached the Austrian championship two times and played three seasons in the UEFA Champions League.

After the international games he went to Brescia Calcio in Italys Seria A. After the relegation of Brescia to Seria B he came back to Austria. There he played for Red Bull Salzburg. The last years he was on loan to Red Bull New York. He retired from football in December 2007 due to chronic back problems.

He made his first match for Austria in an August 1995 European Championship qualifying match against Latvia. He was also in the team for the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France He played 56 matches and shot 6 goals. His last match was an October 2005 World Cup qualifying match against Northern Ireland.

• 1991–1996 SK Sturm Graz 102 matches (10 goals)
• 1996–1998 Hamburger SV 40matches (3 goals)
• 1998–2001 SK Sturm Graz 101 matches (20 goals)
• 2001–2005 Brescia Calcio 80 matches (3 goals)
• 2005–2006 Red Bull Salzburg matches 31 (6 goals)
• 2006–2008 Red Bull New York (loan) 10 matches (0 goals)
• Total 364 matches (42 goals)