Stefan Maierhofer

Football player infobox
playername = Stefan Maierhofer


fullname = Stefan Maierhofer
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1982|8|16
cityofbirth = Gablitz
countryofbirth = Austria
height = Height|m=2.02
currentclub = Rapid Wien
clubnumber = 9
position = Centre forward
youthyears =
youthclubs = SV Gablitz FC Tulln
years = 2002–2003 2003–2005
2005–2006
2007
2007
2007
2008 2008–present
clubs = First Vienna SV Langenrohr
Bayern Munich II
Bayern Munich
TuS Koblenz
Greuther Fürth
→Rapid Wien "(loan)" Rapid Wien
caps(goals) =
42 (21)
02 0(0)
14 0(3)
10 0(2)
11 0(7) 05 0(3)
nationalyears = 2008–
nationalteam = Austria
nationalcaps(goals) = 03 0(0)
pcupdate = 8 August 2008
ntupdate = 15 September 2008

Stefan Maierhofer (born August 16, 1982 in Gablitz, Lower Austria) is an Austrian footballer, who currently plays for SK Rapid Wien, in the centre forward position.

Club career

Maierhofer was initially trained as a restaurant specialist/cook. The 203 cm (6'8) tall striker joined Bayern Munich's reserve team from Austrian side SV Langenrohr in July 2005, and signed a professional contract with the club one year later, eventually making two Bundesliga appearances as a late substitute, during 2006-07. In two seasons with Bayern Munich's reserve team, he scored 21 goals in 42 Regionalliga appearances and was the team's top goalscorer in both seasons.

In January 2007, Maierhofer moved to 2nd Bundesliga side TuS Koblenz until the end of the season, scoring three goals in 14 league appearances. In July 2007, he signed a two-year contract with another team in the category, SpVgg Greuther Fürth, but the club sent him on a six-month loan to Austrian Bundesliga's SK Rapid Wien in January 2008.

He helped Rapid winning the 2008 Bundesliga title, after scoring 7 goals in 11 league matches for the club, including braces in a 2-0 derby win over FK Austria Wien and a 7-0 away win against the club's main title rivals Red Bull Salzburg.

Consequently, Rapid decided to make the deal permanent and signed Maierhofer on a three-year contract. [ [http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/news/kind=1/newsid=696586.html Maierhofer rewarded for Rapid progress] ]

International career

Maierhofer's good performances during that short Rapid Wien stint secured him his first call-up to the Austrian national team on 24 April 2008, as he was named to the country's preliminary squad for the UEFA Euro 2008 finals. [ [http://de.eurosport.yahoo.com/24042008/30/oesterreichs-em-kader-bundesliga-spielern.html Austria's EURO 2008 squad with 3 Bundesliga players] , Eurosport, 24 April 2008 de icon] However, he would not make the final cut.

On August 20, 2008, Maierhofer effectively made his international debut, in a 2-2 friendly against Italy, in Nice.

Honours

*Austrian League: 2007-08

References

External links

* [http://www.fcbayern.t-com.de/en/teams/amateure/06301.php?fcb_sid=be97b2d91b572cca83165fe56a972a99/ FC Bayern II profile]
* [http://www.em-blogger.at/index.php/2006/10/29/stefan-maierhofer-der-bomber-bei-der-em-2008/ Stefan Maierhofer - "Der bomber" in EURO 2008?] de icon
* [http://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil.php?id=36250 Weltfussball profile] de icon
* [http://www.skrapid.at/94788.html Rapid Wien profile] de icon
* [http://rapidarchiv.at/spieler/maierhofer_stefan.html Rapid Wien stats] de icon