Markus Cross

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Markus Cross
Personnel
birthday April 29, 1977
place of birth Ingelheim am Rhein ,  Germany
size 170 cm
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1982-1991 VfL Frei-Weinheim
1991-1992 1. FSV Mainz 05
1992-1993 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1993-1995 1. FSV Mainz 05
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1995-1998 1. FSV Mainz 05 12 0(0)
1998-2000 Hannover 96 85 (17)
2000-2003 1. FC Cologne 74 0(8)
2003-2004 Eintracht Frankfurt 30 0(1)
2004-2005 Red and white Erfurt 24 0(1)
2005-2006 Real Murcia 17 0(0)
2006-2007 Kickers Offenbach 20 0(0)
2007-2009 FSV Frankfurt 54 0(3)
2009–2012 WAC / St. Andrä 78 (11)
2012-2014 TSV Schott Mainz ? 0(16)
2014-2018 VfL Frei-Weinheim
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1998-1999 Germany U21 9 0(0)
1998 Olympic team 1 0(0)
1999-2001 Germany A2 2 0(0)
2002 Team 2006 1 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.
Status: end of career

Markus Kreuz (born April 29, 1977 in Ingelheim am Rhein ) is a former German soccer player .

Career

societies

Markus Kreuz began his professional career in 1995 at Mainz 05. After becoming a top performer at Hannover 96 in the 2nd Bundesliga , he moved to 1. FC Köln in the Bundesliga in 2000 . However, he did not make the breakthrough to become a regular in Cologne .

In 2003 he went to Bundesliga promoted Eintracht Frankfurt , where he was a regular player in the 2003/04 season. At the end of the season, Eintracht was relegated to the second division. When at the beginning of the 2004/05 season Friedhelm Funkel , who had already had problems with the cross in Cologne, took over Eintracht, he moved to the second division promoted Rot-Weiß Erfurt for 150,000 euros , where he contributed 25,000 euros to the transfer fee. After a year in Erfurt, he moved to Spain to CF Real Murcia . For the 2006/07 season he came back to Germany for the second division Kickers Offenbach . In 2007 he went to the regional league team FSV Frankfurt , with whom he was promoted to the second division in 2008. In 2009, Kreuz moved to the Austrian Central Regional League for Wolfsberger AC / SK St. Andrä , with whom he was promoted to the First League in summer 2010 . After the successful championship season 2012/13 Kreuz left Wolfsberg and moved back to Germany to TSV Schott Mainz in the Association League Southwest . At the end of the 2012/13 season he finished second with his team, which also included former professionals Martin Willmann and Nils Döring , and missed promotion. He scored a total of twelve goals in that season. He was also under contract there in 2013/14. Up to and including matchday 18, he scored four more goals. Parallel to his activity as a player in Mainz, Kreuz is retraining to become a sports and fitness clerk. On December 21, 2014 he returned to his youth club VfL Frei-Weinheim, where he acts as a player and co-trainer. At the end of the 2017/18 season, Kreuz ended his active career.

National teams

As a player for Hannover 96 he became a U-21 national player; during this time he also became an A2 national player.

successes

  • 1998: Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga with Hannover 96
  • 2003: Promotion to the 1st Bundesliga with 1. FC Köln
  • 2008: Promotion to the 2nd Bundesliga with FSV Frankfurt
  • 2010: Promotion to the first division with WAC / St. Andrä

Trivia

In August 2018, Kreuz opened a pizzeria in Ingelheim with his wife .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrich Matheja: Schlappekicker and Himmelsstürmer - The history of Eintracht Frankfurt . 3. Edition. Verlag Die Werkstatt , Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-538-9 , p. 331 .
  2. ↑ 1st team: Noticeably stronger in the new season ( Memento from November 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) tsvschott.de, accessed on July 23, 2012
  3. ↑ Top scorer statistics 2012/13 on erresultdienst.fussball.de, accessed on November 27, 2013
  4. ↑ Top scorer statistics 2013/14 on erresultdienst.fussball.de, accessed on November 27, 2013
  5. ↑ Former 05er professional Markus Kreuz is now an amateur at TSV Schott - "I was always offended far too quickly." ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on November 27, 2013
  6. ↑ Spectacular newcomer - ex-professional Markus Kreuz returns to his roots Message on the VfL website, accessed on March 7, 2015
  7. ↑ a b Ex-05er Markus Kreuz opens pizzeria in Ingelheim Allgemeine Zeitung, accessed on October 9, 2018
  8. ^ German B national players from Hannover 96 from 1951-1986 and A2 national team from 1999 to 2001 ( Memento from February 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) As of July 2012, accessed on April 28, 2013

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personal data
SURNAME Cross, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Ingelheim am Rhein