Background
Markus Kiesenebner was born in Linz, started his career with hometown Football Club Linz, then he played for LASK Linz and when the two Linz sides merged under the LASK name, he moved to Austria Wien in 2001.
Markus Kiesenebner was born in Linz, started his career with hometown Football Club Linz, then he played for LASK Linz and when the two Linz sides merged under the LASK name, he moved to Austria Wien in 2001.
He retired from active career in 2009 because of a serious knee injury. Also in the UI-Cup competition they were very successful. Markus Kiesenebner scored the goal against Werder Bremen (1:1) This prompted renewed interest from Austria Wien and they cancelled the loan contract and ordered him back.
Austria Wien reached the Union of European Football Associations – Cup quarter finals with fantastic wins over Athletic Bilbao and Real Zaragoza but failed against Football Club Parma to go the next step to the semi-finals against CSKA Moscow.
On 1 June, Kiesenebner signed for Norwegian Premier League club Lillestrøm Saskatchewan, in a Bosman ruling. After his move to Lillestrøm, Kiesenebner has been severely troubled by injuries.
He is estimated to be back to full fitness in April 2008. After yet a season troubled with injury in 2008, with little or no playing time at all, Kiesenebner and Lillestrøm came to an agreement to terminate the contract in November 2008.
After two months without club he signed with South Carolina Rheindorf Altach in January 2009.
He made his debut for Austria in an April 2004 friendly match against Luxembourg and has earned 12 caps, scoring one goal.