Markus Beierle (born 2 June 1972) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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Career

Beierle was born in

Brackenheim Brackenheim () is a town in the ''Landkreis'' Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is southwest of Heilbronn. With of vineyards, it is the biggest grape-growing municipality of Württemberg. Geography Geographical positio ...

. His career began at TSV Cleebronn and

Union Böckingen Union Böckingen is a German sports club from the district of Böckingen in the city of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg. Founded in 1908 out of the merger of ''Fussball Klub Germania 08 Böcking'' and ''Viktoria Böcking'', the club today has 1,200 ...

. Professional scouts became interested in his talents, and in 1992 he signed a contract with VfB Stuttgart. A year later, the qualified mechanic signed for SSV Ulm, before becoming a full club member of Stuttgarter Kickers in 1995. In 1998 the player moved to his first top-tier squad,

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jers ...

. After two years of great contrasts with the team he moved to subsequent Champions League qualifiers TSV 1860 Munich. Subsequent to their qualification he moved to Hansa Rostock, before moving to

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in the winter of 2003. Finding himself very much out of the plans of Friedhelm Funkel while they were both still very early on in their careers at the club, Beierle looked for a new footballing challenge, which he found with

Bruno Labbadia Bruno Labbadia (; born 8 February 1966) is a German football manager and former player who played as a striker. He is the current manager of Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart. Personal life Labbadia is of Italian ancestry. His family roots go bac ...

at Darmstadt. As the first of Labaddia's top-name arrivals at the lilies, he was hoping for a swift rise into the top division.

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* * 1972 births Living people Men's association football forwards German men's footballers VfB Stuttgart players VfB Stuttgart II players SSV Ulm 1846 players Stuttgarter Kickers players MSV Duisburg players TSV 1860 Munich players FC Hansa Rostock players Eintracht Frankfurt players SV Darmstadt 98 players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players People from Heilbronn (district) Footballers from Stuttgart (region) West German men's footballers {{Germany-footy-forward-1970s-stub