Roland Wohlfarth

Roland Wohlfarth

Personal information
Date of birth	(1963-01-11) 11 January 1963
Place of birth	Bocholt, West Germany
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Borussia Bocholt
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1984	MSV Duisburg	71	(39)
1984–1993	Bayern Munich	254	(119)
1993–1994	Saint-Étienne	39	(20)
1994–1997	VfL Bochum	40	(7)
1997–1998	VfB Leipzig	15	(4)
1998–1999	Wuppertaler SV	14	(4)
1999–2000	1. FC Bocholt	4	(0)
Total		437	(193)
International career
1981	West Germany U-18	5	(1)
1981	West Germany U-20	6	(4)
1982–1983	West Germany U-21	6	(1)
1986–1989	West Germany	2	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Roland Wohlfarth (born 11 January 1963 in Bocholt) is a former footballer.

He was active in the Bundesliga from 1981 until 1998, spanning 287 games and 120 goals. At first Wohlfarth played for Borussia Bocholt in his youth, then for Duisburg, Bayern Munich, Leipzig and Bochum. His career ended in the year 2000 at Wuppertal. With Bayern Munich he won the Bundesliga in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1990, as well as DFB Cup winners in 1986.

In the final of the 1986 DFB Cup Wohlfarth got three goals in the 5–2 victory against VfB Stuttgart, with Bayern Munich seen as heroic cup winners.

He played twice for the West German national team: 1986 and 1989.

At Bayern Munich he had to eke out his place in the main squad every season, against top class newcomers of the club. This he usually succeeded in doing. He became top scorer of the Bundesliga in 1989 with 17 goals and 1991 with 21. However he did not manage to score for the German national team.

In the first doping judgement of the Bundesliga from 16 February 1995, Wohlfarth was convicted of the gross laches intake of forbidden substances (anorectics), and received a two month ban.

External links

• Career stats