Roland Wohlfarth

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Roland Wohlfarth
Full name	Roland Wohlfarth^[1]
Date of birth	January 11, 1963 (1963-01-11) (age 45)
Place of birth	Bocholt, Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current club	retired
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1981-1984 1984-1993 1993-1994 1994-1997 1997-1998 1998-2000	MSV Duisburg FC Bayern München AS Saint-Étienne VfL Bochum VfB Leipzig Wuppertaler SV	071 0(39) 254 (119) 0?? 0(12) 040 00(7) 015 00(4)
National team
1986-1989	West Germany	002 00(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Roland Wohlfarth (born January 11, 1963 in Bocholt, Germany) 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 MSV Duisburg, Bayern Munich, VfB Leipzig and VfL Bochum. His career ended in the year 2000 at Wuppertaler SV. 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 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 2 month ban.^[2]