Ural has concluded the contract with Austrian defender Markus Berger. In the office of Ural and agreement with the player was signed for the period of two years, as the website of the club informs.

Football career of Markus started in Austrian Austria. Then Berger played for the youth teams of Stuttgart and Eintracht. His first matches on the professional level the player had in Ried. He played more 60 games in the Austrian team and then moved to Portugal. There Berger played for Académica in the top division of the country. Markus played 71 matches and scored 5 goals for this team. In the period 2011 – March 2014 the defender was playing in the Championship of Ukraine for Chernomorets Odessa. In the previous season with this Ukrainian club Berger reached 1/16 of UEFA Europa League final. In this tournament Markus played 7 matches out of 8 without any substitutions for his team. In March of 2014 because of problems in the political situation in Ukraine Markus moved to  Nowegian Championship, where he spent half of the season.