Markus Schopp (born 22 February 1974) is an Austrian

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coach and a former

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. He was most recently the head coach of

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club

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Club career

Schopp played for

Sturm Graz Sportklub Sturm Graz is an Austrian association football club, based in Graz, Styria, playing in the Austrian Football Bundesliga. The club was founded in 1909. Its colours are black and white. In its history, Sturm Graz has won the Austrian f ...

and Red Bull Salzburg in his native Austria. With Sturm Graz, he won the

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in 1998–99. He also had stints with

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in Germany and alongside

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and

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in Italy. He retired from football in December 2007 due to chronic back problems after a loan spell with the

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International career

Schopp made his debut for the Austria national team in an August 1995 European Championship qualifying match against

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and was a participant at the

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. He earned 56 caps, scoring 6 goals. His final international was an October 2005 World Cup qualifying match against

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International goal

:''Scores and results list Austria's goal tally first.''

Managerial career

Schopp began his coaching career in the youth system of Red Bull Salzburg following his retirement. In April 2013, he was named the interim head coach at his former club

until the end of the season, following the sacking of

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. In 2018, Schopp became the manager of

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in the Austrian Bundesliga. In the 2019–20 season, Schopp led the club to their highest ever finish in the Austrian Bundesliga and secured a place in the

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for the first time in club history. During the 2020–21 season, he steered the club to a seventh-placed finish. During his time as a manager at Sturm Graz and Hartberg, Schopp built a reputation as a developer of young, emerging talent. On 29 June 2021, Schopp was appointed head coach of

club

. He signed a three-year deal and replaced

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, who had left the club a week prior to become the new manager at

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. On 1 November 2021, Barnsley confirmed the sacking of Schopp after a poor run of form, a run of 13 games without a win and seven straight league defeats.

Career statistics

International

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Sturm Graz *

: 1998–99

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schopp, Markus 1974 births Living people Footballers from Graz Austrian footballers Austria international footballers Association football midfielders 1998 FIFA World Cup players Austrian Football Bundesliga players Bundesliga players Serie A players Major League Soccer players SK Sturm Graz players Hamburger SV players Brescia Calcio players FC Red Bull Salzburg players New York Red Bulls players Austrian football managers Austrian Football Bundesliga managers TSV Hartberg managers Barnsley F.C. managers Austrian expatriate footballers Austrian expatriate football managers Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States Austrian expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate football managers in England