Markus Palionis

{{Infobox football biography

| image =

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|5|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kaunas, Lithuania, Soviet Union

| height = 1.94 m

| position = Defender

| currentclub = FC Hansa Rostock (assistant manager)

| youthyears1 = 1995–1999

| youthclubs1 = TSV Freilassing

| youthyears2 = 1999–2002

| youthclubs2 = TSV Bad Reichenhall

| youthyears3 = 2002–2005

| youthclubs3 = Bayern Munich

| youthyears4 = 2005–2006

| youthclubs4 = Wacker Burghausen

| years1 = 2006–2007

| clubs1 = Wacker Burghausen II

| caps1 = 6

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2006–2008

| clubs2 = Wacker Burghausen

| caps2 = 43

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 2008–2010

| clubs3 = Dynamo Dresden

| caps3 = 57

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2010–2014

| clubs4 = SC Paderborn

| caps4 = 40

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2014–2021

| clubs5 = Jahn Regensburg

| caps5 = 83

| goals5 = 5

| years6 = 2017–2022

| clubs6 = Jahn Regensburg II

| caps6 = 32

| goals6 = 3

| totalcaps = 261

| totalgoals = 10

| nationalyears1 = 2003

| nationalteam1 = Lithuania U17

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| nationalyears2 = 2007

| nationalteam2 = Lithuania U21

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 0

| nationalyears3 = 2008–2021

| nationalteam3 = Lithuania

| nationalcaps3 = 13

| nationalgoals3 = 0

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Markus Palionis (born 12 May 1987) is a Lithuanian former professional footballer who played as a defender.{{cite web | url = http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2013-14/sc-paderborn-07-109/39038/spieler_markus-palionis.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20141226210517/http://www.kicker.de/news/fussball/bundesliga/vereine/1-bundesliga/2013-14/sc-paderborn-07-109/39038/spieler_markus-palionis.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 26 December 2014 | title = Palionis, Markus | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 10 August 2021}} He is currently the assistant manager of FC Hansa Rostock.{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/selimbegovic-uebernimmt-bei-hansa-rostock-985612/artikel | title = Selimbegovic übernimmt bei Hansa Rostock | language = de | website = Kicker | date = 18 December 2023 | access-date = 18 December 2023}}

Career

Born in Kaunas in the former Soviet Union, Palionis grew up in Germany and holds a German passport.

On 9 October 2014, he joined SSV Jahn Regensburg.{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/palionis-unterschreibt-beim-jahn-613138/artikel | title = Palionis unterschreibt beim Jahn | language = de | publisher = Kicker | date = 9 October 2014 | access-date = 10 October 2014}} In March 2018, he agreed a contract extension until 2020 with the club.{{cite news|title="Unbändiger Wille": Palionis verlängert bis 2020|url=https://www.kicker.de/unbaendiger-wille_palionis-verlaengert-bis-2020-719345/artikel|access-date=13 March 2018|work=kicker Online|date=13 March 2018|language=German}}

Palionis retired from professional playing in summer 2021.{{cite web |title=Palionis beendet Spielerkarriere beim SSV Jahn Regensburg |url=https://www.kicker.de/palionis-macht-endgueltig-schluss-907790/artikel |website=kicker |access-date=5 July 2022 |language=de |date=5 July 2022}} After spending one season with Jahn Regensburg II he ended his playing career.