Stefan Maierhofer

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Stefan Maierhofer
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Personal information
Full name Stefan Maierhofer
Date of birth 16 August 1982 (1982-08-16) (age 30)
Place of birth Gablitz, Austria
Height 2.02 m (6 ft 7+12 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Red Bull Salzburg
Number 9
Youth career
SV Gablitz
FC Tulln
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2003 First Vienna
2003–2005 SV Langenrohr 53 (26)
2005–2006 Bayern Munich II 42 (21)
2007 Bayern Munich 2 (0)
2007 TuS Koblenz 14 (3)
2007 Greuther Fürth 10 (2)
2008 Rapid Vienna (loan) 11 (7)
2008–2009 Rapid Vienna 49 (31)
2009–2011 Wolverhampton Wanderers 9 (1)
2010 Bristol City (loan) 3 (0)
2010–2011 MSV Duisburg (loan) 27 (8)
2011– Red Bull Salzburg 14 (9)
National team
2008– Austria 15 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 September 2011.

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 February 2011

Stefan Maierhofer (born 16 August 1982) is an football player from Austria playing as striker. Since 2011 he plays for F.C. Red Bull Salzburg.

Career [change]

He was trained as cook and played his first matches for Vienna and SV Langrohr. At the age of 23 he went to FC Bayern München. There he played in the second team and had also 2 matches in the first squad. In two seasons with the second team, he scored 21 goals in 42 Regionalliga appearances and was top goalscorer in both seasons.

In January 2007 he played half a season for TuS Koblenz in the second league of Germany. The next season he signed a contract with SpVgg Greuther Fürth, but the club sent him on a six-month loan to Austrian Bundesliga's Rapid Vienna in January 2008. Being very successful Rapid signed a contract with him. 2009 he went to the Premier League where he played for Wolverhampton Wanderers. 2010 he went on loan MSV Duisburg. With the team he reached the German Cup final. In August 2011 he went back to Austria and signed with F. C. Red Bull Salzburg.

He also played 15 times for the Austrian national football team where he scored two goals.

Honours [change]

  • Champion Austrian Bundesliga: 2008 with Rapid Wien

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