Markus Ziereis (born 26 August 1992) is a German professional

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who plays as a

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for

SpVgg Bayreuth SpVgg Bayreuth is a German football club based in Bayreuth, Bavaria. Apart from coming within two games of earning promotion to the Bundesliga in 1979, the club also reached the quarter finals of the DFB-Pokal twice, in 1977 and 1980. History ...

Club career

Ziereis began his career with

TSV 1860 Munich , commonly known as TSV 1860 München (; lettered as ) or 1860 Munich, is a sports club based in Munich. The club's football team currently plays in the 3. Liga, the third tier of German football. 1860 Munich was one of the founding members o ...

and made his 2. Bundesliga debut for the club in November 2012, as a half-time substitute for

Sebastian Maier Sebastian Maier (born 18 September 1993) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for club SpVgg Unterhaching. Career Maier started his career with 1860 Munich, where he played during the 2011–12 and 2012–1 ...

in a 2–2 draw with 1. FC Union Berlin. In 2013, he joined

FSV Frankfurt Fußballsportverein Frankfurt 1899 e.V., commonly known as simply FSV Frankfurt, is a German association football club based in the Bornheim district of Frankfurt am Main, Hesse and founded in 1899. FSV Frankfurt also fielded a rather successfu ...

. In order to get more playing time, he was loaned to

SV Darmstadt 98 Sportverein Darmstadt 1898 e.V., commonly known as Darmstadt 98 (), is a German football club based in Darmstadt, Hesse. The club was founded on 22 May 1898 as FC Olympia Darmstadt. Early in 1919, the association was briefly known as ''Rasen-Spo ...

. In 2014, he joined

Chemnitzer FC Chemnitzer Fußballclub e.V. is a German association football club based in Chemnitz, Saxony. The club competes in Regionalliga Nordost, the fourth tier of German football. The roots of the club go back to its establishment as Chemnitzer BC 193 ...

. After one season, he returned to

SSV Jahn Regensburg Sport- und Schwimmverein Jahn Regensburg e. V., commonly known as SSV Jahn Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg, SSV Jahn or simply Jahn is a German football club based in Regensburg, Bavaria. The club is based on a gymnastics club founded in 1886 a ...

. During the 2015–16 season he contributed 19 goals in 31 league matches to Regensburg's promotion from the

Regionalliga Bayern The Regionalliga Bayern, ( en, Regional league Bavaria), is the highest association football league in the state of Bavaria (german: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of five Regionalligas in German football, the fourth tie ...

to the 3. Liga. His following season was blighted by injuries and he lost his place in the starting lineup, making just 10 substitute appearances. On 10 August 2017, Ziereis returned to 1860 Munich, thereby moving two tiers down, leaving newly promoted 2. Bundesliga club Regensburg to play in the Regionalliga Bayern. He joined

in June 2020.

International career

In 2007 and 2008, Ziereis earned five caps for the Germany under-16 national team.

Personal life

Ziereis is best friends with

Kevin Volland Kevin Volland (born 30 July 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a striker or a winger for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the Germany national team. He gained prominence at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship where he was ...

. The duo shared a flat while playing together at

as they both played for

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: 2021–22

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* 1992 births Living people Association football forwards German footballers TSV 1860 Munich II players TSV 1860 Munich players FSV Frankfurt players SV Darmstadt 98 players Chemnitzer FC players SSV Jahn Regensburg players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Germany youth international footballers People from Cham (district) Sportspeople from the Upper Palatinate Footballers from Bavaria {{Germany-footy-forward-1990s-stub