Stefan Markolf

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Stefan Markolf
Personal information
Full name	Stefan Markolf
Date of birth	January 3, 1984 (1984-01-03) (age 24)
Place of birth	Witzenhausen, West Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	1. FSV Mainz 05
Number	24
Youth clubs
1989-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002	VfB Witzenhausen KSV Hessen Kassel KSV Baunatal
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2002-2004 2004-2007 2007-	KSV Baunatal 1. FSV Mainz 05 II 1. FSV Mainz 05	? (?) 75 (7) 1 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 24, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Stefan Markolf (born January 3, 1984) is the first deaf German professional footballer.

Stefan Markolf was born deaf (about 90 percent hearing loss). Thanks to speech therapy, he has nearly perfect pronunciation of the spoken language. In spite of his hearing loss, he has a good overview in the soccer matches. He wears special hearing aids while playing.

[edit] External links

• (German) Official site

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