Andreas Wolf

Andreas Wolf

Andreas Wolf 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1982-06-12) 12 June 1982
Place of birth Leninabad, Soviet Union
(now Khujand, Tajikistan)
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 12 in)
Playing position Centre back / Right back
Youth career
SV Pfeil Burk
0000–1992 ESV Ansbach-Eyb
1993–1996 SpVgg Ansbach
1996–2002 1. FC Nürnberg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2002–2011 1. FC Nürnberg 213 (7)
2011–2012 Werder Bremen 15 (0)
2012–2014 Monaco 24 (2)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 May 2014.

† Appearances (goals)

Andreas Wolf (Cyrillic: Андрей Андреевич Вольф, romanized: Andrey Andreyevich Volf; born 12 June 1982 in Leninabad, Soviet Union) is a German former footballer who last played as a defender for AS Monaco.[1] He had previously played at 1. FC Nürnberg since 2002 and was the team captain before leaving in the summer of 2011.

Career

After moving to Germany with his parents in 1990 he started playing football for several teams in the Ansbach area before joining Nürnberg in 1997. There he played for several junior teams, before breaking into first team football in 2002 when he debuted in the Bundesliga against Hertha BSC. Before the team's relegation in 2003 Wolf played in 18 games for the "Club". He became a regular during Nürnberg's successful promotion campaign in the 2003–04 season, playing in 31 of 34 games.

He could not reprise his role as first-team regular during the following two seasons, when he was plagued by injuries. With the start of the 2006–07 season, however, Wolf was back in the starting line-up alongside fellow centre-back Gláuber. After nine seasons for "the club", Wolf left Nürnberg after there was offer from the club.[2]

In July 2011, he moved to Werder Bremen on a two-year contract.[3] Wolf made 15 appearances and announced his desire to leave the club because of his injury concerns and personal reasons as the main factor.[4]

Monaco

In January 2012, Wolf signed a two-year contract (with an option of extending for a further year) with AS Monaco in the French Ligue 2 for an undisclosed fee. After making two appearances for the club in the first half of the 2011–12 season, it was announced that Wolf was appointed as a new captain of Monaco, under the new manager Claudio Ranieri.[5] Despite being appointed captain, Wolf's first team playing time soon became limited due to new signings as well as his own injuries. Following their promotion to Ligue 1, Wolf said he was treated as "poor man" at the club.[6]

After two years at Monaco, Wolf was released by the club.[7] After leaving Monaco, Wolf retired from professional football and wants to take up coaching [8]

Career statistics

Club performance

As of 17 May 2014.
Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Total
2001–021. FC NürnbergBundesliga400040
2002–0314000140
2003–042. Bundesliga31120331
2004–05Bundesliga16020180
2005–0620020220
2006–0732150371
2007–083022080402
2008–092. Bundesliga701080
2009–10Bundesliga29010300
2010–1130340343
2011–12Werder Bremen15010160
France League Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
2011–12MonacoLigue 22020
2012–1321210222
2013–14Ligue 1100010
Total Germany 2287200802567
France 24210252
Career total 2529210802819

Honours

Club

AS Monaco
1. FC Nürnberg

References

  1. "Wolf, Andreas" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  2. "WolfEs gibt kein Angebot mehr" (in German). Bild.de. 29 May 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  3. "Wolf verstärkt die Werder-Defensive" (in German). kicker.de. 3 July 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  4. "Wolf: "Ich darf gehen"" (in German). Bild.de. 22 January 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  5. "Wolf nouveau capitaine de Monaco" (in French). Le Figaro. 13 July 2012. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  6. "Wolf: In Monaco bin ich ein armer Schlucker" (in German). Bild.de. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  7. "Résiliation de contrat pour Wolf et Barazite" (in French). AS Monaco Official Website. 2 July 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  8. "Ex-Kapitän Wolf kommt zurück" (in German). Bild.de. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.

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