Markus Steinhöfer

Youth football

Steinhöfer began his early football with local amateur club DSC Weißenburg. Via TSV Roth he then joined the youth division of 1. FC Nürnberg. In 2002 he joined the B-Juniors (later U-17) in the youth department of Bayern Munich. A year later he advanced to their A-Junioren (later U-19) and was part of the team that won the final in the A-Junioren-Bundesliga 2003–04. At the same time, as of February 2004, he made his first appearances for the FC Bayern München Amateure in the third-tier Regionalliga Süd, winning the championship title in that division at the end of the season. The following season he was regular starter in the team. He played with the team for two seasons and was then loaned to Red Bull Salzburg.

Red Bull Salzburg

In summer 2006 he joined Austrian Bundesliga team Red Bull Salzburg under head coach Giovanni Trapattoni.First playing with their reserve team, he gradually became regular player in their first team and won the Austrian Bundesliga 2006–07. In the following season he then made his first European appearances, but failed with Salzburg both in the Champions League qualifying round and in the UEFA Cup first round. In the domestic league, he and his team finished second behind the new champions Rapid Wien.

Eintracht Frankfurt

In July 2008, Steinhöfer moved to Eintracht Frankfurt for a fee of €900,000. Under head coach Friedhelm Funkel Steinhöfer was a regular starter, he played in 32 of the 34 league matches.…

Steinhöfer played for multiple Germany national youth teams, including the Germany U21 team.

Bayern Munich II

IFA Shield: 2005 Red Bull Salzburg

Austrian Bundesliga: 2006–07 FC Basel

Swiss Super League: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 Swiss Cup: 2011–12 Uhrencup: 2011