Stefan Maierhofer facts for kids
Maierhofer in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 August 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Gablitz, Austria | ||
| Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1996–1999 | FC Tulln | ||
| 1999–2001 | SV Gablitz | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2002–2003 | First Vienna | 18 | (2) |
| 2003–2005 | SV Langenrohr | 53 | (26) |
| 2005–2006 | Bayern Munich II | 42 | (21) |
| 2006 | Bayern Munich | 2 | (0) |
| 2007 | TuS Koblenz | 14 | (3) |
| 2007 | Greuther Fürth | 10 | (2) |
| 2008 | → Rapid Wien (loan) | 11 | (7) |
| 2008–2009 | Rapid Wien | 38 | (24) |
| 2009–2011 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 9 | (1) |
| 2010 | → Bristol City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → MSV Duisburg (loan) | 27 | (8) |
| 2011–2012 | Red Bull Salzburg | 39 | (15) |
| 2013 | 1. FC Köln | 14 | (1) |
| 2014 | Millwall | 11 | (2) |
| 2014–2015 | SC Wiener Neustadt | 4 | (1) |
| 2015 | Millwall | 10 | (1) |
| 2016 | AS Trenčín | 10 | (2) |
| 2017–2018 | SV Mattersburg | 37 | (7) |
| 2018–2019 | FC Aarau | 40 | (13) |
| 2020 | WSG Swarovski Tirol | 13 | (2) |
| 2020 | Admira Wacker | 7 | (0) |
| 2021 | Würzburger Kickers | 7 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2008–2011 | Austria | 19 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:40, 13 January 2021 (UTC) | |||
Stefan Maierhofer (born August 16, 1982) is an Austrian former professional footballer. He played as a striker, which means he was a forward player whose main job was to score goals. His last team was Würzburger Kickers. From 2008 to 2011, he played 19 games for the Austrian national team and scored one goal.
Maierhofer started his career but didn't quite make it big with the German team Bayern Munich. He only played two games for their main team. After playing for some second-division teams like TuS Koblenz and Greuther Fürth, he went back to Austria. There, he joined Rapid Wien and had his best time scoring goals. This success led him to join the English Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2009. He played only ten games there before returning to Austria.
Playing for Clubs
Maierhofer first trained to be a cook! This tall striker joined Bayern Munich's reserve team in July 2005. A reserve team is like a training team for younger players or those who aren't playing for the main team yet. He came from an Austrian team called SV Langenrohr.
A year later, he signed a professional contract with Bayern Munich. He played two games in the Bundesliga, which is Germany's top football league. He usually came on as a substitute late in the game during the 2006–07 season. In his two seasons with Bayern Munich's reserve team, he scored 21 goals in 42 games. He was the top scorer for the reserve team in both seasons.
In January 2007, Maierhofer moved to TuS Koblenz, a team in Germany's second division (2. Bundesliga). He scored three goals in 14 games there. In July 2007, he signed a two-year contract with another second-division team, SpVgg Greuther Fürth. However, they sent him on a six-month loan to Rapid Wien in Austria in January 2008. A loan means a player temporarily plays for another team.
He helped Rapid Wien win the 2008 Bundesliga title. He scored seven goals in 11 league matches for the club. This included two goals in a big local game against Austria Wien and a huge 7–0 win against their main rivals, Red Bull Salzburg. Because of his great performance, Rapid Wien decided to sign him permanently on a three-year contract.
The 2008–09 season was his best for scoring goals. He scored 27 goals in total, including two in Champions League qualifying games. He helped Rapid Wien finish second in the league that season.
On August 31, 2009, he joined Wolverhampton Wanderers, a team that had just been promoted to the Premier League in England. He signed a three-year deal. He scored a goal in his very first game for them, but they lost 3–1 to Blackburn Rovers. He then got a hernia injury, which kept him out of action for several months. When he recovered, he wasn't playing much for Wolves. So, he was sent on a one-month loan to Bristol City, a team in the Championship (England's second division), in March 2010.
In the summer of 2010, he was told he wasn't in the plans for Wolves' manager, Mick McCarthy. He was then loaned to MSV Duisburg, a German second-division club, for the 2010–11 season. He scored 12 goals that season, including one in a German Cup (DFB-Pokal) semi-final game. This goal helped Duisburg reach the final, where they lost to Schalke.
On August 23, 2011, Maierhofer went back to Austria and signed a two-year deal with Red Bull Salzburg. After a year and a half there, he returned to Germany. In January 2013, he signed with 1. FC Köln, but he left that summer. On March 14, 2014, Maierhofer joined Millwall, another Championship team, for a short time until the end of the 2013–14 season.
On November 19, 2014, he signed a short-term deal with SC Wiener Neustadt in the Austrian Bundesliga. He played his first game for them three days later against Wolfsberger AC and scored the first goal in a 2–0 home win. On February 12, 2016, he signed a contract with FK AS Trenčín in Slovakia. He later played for SV Mattersburg, FC Aarau, WSG Swarovski Tirol, Admira Wacker, and finally Würzburger Kickers.
Playing for Austria
Maierhofer's strong performances while on loan at Rapid Wien led to him being called up for the Austrian national team in April 2008. He was part of the first group of players chosen for the UEFA Euro 2008 tournament, but he didn't make it into the final squad.
On August 20, 2008, he finally made his first international appearance. This was in a friendly game against Italy in Nice, which ended in a 2–2 draw. He scored his first goal for Austria very quickly, within the first minute, against the Faroe Islands on September 5, 2009.
Honours
Stefan Maierhofer won several titles with his clubs:
Club Achievements
- FC Bayern Munich II
- IFA Shield: 2005
- Rapid Wien
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2007–08
- Red Bull Salzburg
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2011–12
- AS Trenčín
- Slovak Super Liga: 2015–16
- Slovak Cup: 2015–16
See also
In Spanish: Stefan Maierhofer para niños
