Armin Maier

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*
Years Team Apps (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]

Club career

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Youth

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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

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

Selangor FC II

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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

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As of 26 November 2022.[7]

Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
FC 07 Albstadt 2015/16 Verbandsliga Württemberg 26 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
Total 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 0
Young Lions FC 2017 S.League 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 1
Total 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1
FC Kreuzlingen 2018 2. Liga Interregional 10 2 0 0 0 0 10 2
Total 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 2
Johor Darul Ta'zim II 2019 Malaysia Premier League 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Selangor FA II 2020 Malaysia Premier League 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Víkingur Ólafsvík 2022 2. deild karla 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
SV Heimstetten 2022–23 Regionalliga 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 46 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 3

International career

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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.

References

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  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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