Armin Maier

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Armin Maier
Personal information
Full name Armin Maier Bin Rafi
Date of birth (1997-07-10) 10 July 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Singapore
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 PDRM
Number 20
Youth career
–2015 FC 07 Albstadt
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2016 FC 07 Albstadt 26 (0)
2017 Young Lions 4 (1)
2018 FC Kreuzlingen [1] 10 (2)
2019 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 0 (0)
2020–2021 Selangor II 1 (0)
2022 Víkingur Ólafsvík 4 (0)
2022 SV Heimstetten 1 (0)
2024– PDRM
International career‡
2017–2018 Singapore U23 5 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 August 2022
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 August 2019

Armin Maier bin Rafi (born 10 July 1997) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Malaysia Super League club PDRM. [2] He is a former member of Singapore national under-22 team. [3] [4]

Contents

Club career

Youth

Maier started his career in the German club FC 07 Albstadt in his youth years, having migrated to Germany when he was 5 years old. [5]

Young Lions

In 2017, he signed with the Singapore club, Garena Young Lions for the 2017 S.League season.

Selangor FC II

He has officially joined the team Selangor F.C. II on 26 February 2020.

He had a short spell with Víkingur Ólafsvík in the Icelandic third tier in May 2022. [6]

Career statistics

As of 26 November 2022. [7]

ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
FC 07 Albstadt 2015/16 Verbandsliga Württemberg 26000–00260
Total260000000260
Young Lions FC 2017 S.League 4100–0041
Total4100000041
FC Kreuzlingen 2018 2. Liga Interregional 10200–00102
Total102000000102
Johor Darul Ta'zim II 2019 Malaysia Premier League 0000000000
Total0000000000
Selangor FA II 2020 Malaysia Premier League 1000000010
Total1000000010
Víkingur Ólafsvík 2022 2. deild karla 4000000040
Total4000000040
SV Heimstetten 2022–23 Regionalliga 1000000010
Total1000000010
Career total463000000463

International career

Maier is eligible to play for Singapore due to his mother being a Singaporean. He played for the under-23 side.

He is also eligible to play for either Germany or Malaysia, as he possesses a German passport and his grandfather was from the state of Johor.

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References

  1. ↑ Kader 1. Mannschaft - FC Kreuzlingen, fck-1905.ch, 10 August 2018
  2. ↑ German career stats - FuPa
  3. ↑ "S.League Transfer Round-Up: Warriors' waiting on approval, Young Lions pounce on Ikhsan Fandi | FourFourTwo". Archived from the original on 14 July 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "GARENA YOUNG LIONS UNVEILS SQUAD, NEW KIT AND PARTNERSHIP WITH SINGAPORE CANCER SOCIETY | the Football Association of Singapore". Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Fandi's S'pore U20s relishing first international assignment against Mauritius". TODAYonline. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  6. ↑ Iceland career stats - KSÍ
  7. ↑ "Armin Maier Statistics". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.


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