Rolf Maier

This article deals with the soccer player Rolf Maier. For other people see Rolf Meier and Rolf Meyer .

Rolf Maier (born April 11, 1960 ) is a former German soccer player who played 285 games in the 2nd Bundesliga from 1980 to 1992 as a member of SC Freiburg .

career

Youth and amateur, until 1980

In the 1977/78 round, Rolf Maier was appointed to the German national youth team as a player for FV Biberach for three international matches. Working as a defender, he got to know the goalkeepers Uwe Greiner and Eike Immel as well as Libero Bernd Schuster . Then the defensive talent gained two years of experience in the league with Biberach and at the age of 20 accepted the contract offer from SC Freiburg for the 2nd Bundesliga.

SC Freiburg, 1980 to 1992

In the first season in Freiburg, 1980/81, the young player could not get past the defensive players Klaus Bury , Volker Fass and Karl-Heinz Wöhrlin and had to be satisfied with seven appearances. The defender, who emerged from Olympia Laupheim, made his debut in the second division in the away game on August 20, 1980 at Eintracht Trier . In the 0-0 draw he was substituted on in the 80th minute of the game. “Rollo” Maier played for 90 minutes for the first time on November 29, 1980 in a 2-1 home win against FSV Frankfurt . Together with Karl-Heinz Bente and Reinhard Binder, he formed the SC midfield. From the second year, the exemplary fighter was part of the regular cast of the sports club. Coach Lutz Hangartner used Maier in 27 games. His 34 appearances in the 1986/87 season under coach Jörg Berger - the SC Freiburg finished eighth in the table - meant his personal record. Together with goalkeeper Siegfried Grüninger , Libero Karl-Heinz Schulz and Axel Lais , he formed the standard defense. In the twelfth year of "Rollo" Maier at SC - 1991/92 - the coaching era of Volker Finke began in the Dreisamstadion . In 27 games, the "fighter" showed his qualities again and thus contributed to the third place. Rolf Maier played his last game in the 2nd Bundesliga on May 17, 1992 in a 3-1 defeat at FC 08 Homburg . Now the names of his teammates were Martin Braun , Ralf Kohl , Uwe Spies , Jens Todt , Andreas and Michael Zeyer .

After the round in 1991/92, "Rollo" Maier ended his career at the age of 32 after 285 appearances for SC Freiburg in the 2nd division.

literature

• Matthias Weinrich: Second League Almanac. All players. All clubs. All results. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2001, ISBN 3-89784-190-8 .
• Chronicle of the 2nd Bundesliga 1974–1989, Sport- und Spiel-Verlag Edgar Hitzel, 1990, ISBN 3-9802172-7-2