Olaf Bodden

Olaf Bodden ( born May 4, 1968 in Kalkar ) is a former German football player.

Career

Bodden started his football career in the youth team of SG Hasselt (today: SGE Bedburg -Hau 05), where he played until 1987. He then moved to the then fourth division Viktoria Goch, where he was immediately scorer. Two years later he signed his first professional contract with Borussia Mönchengladbach and was on July 28, 1989 game against 1.FC Kaiserslautern his Bundesliga debut.

In 1991 he moved to F. C. Hansa Rostock. On 16 November, he scored his first Bundesliga goal against Hamburger SV. 1994, he was the former Lions coach Werner Lorant for TSV 1860 Munich, where Bodden rapidly established itself in the storm and stood in front of an appeal to the national team.

In 1996 he fell ill on glandular fever and had to pause first several months. In the spring of 1997 he made ​​his preliminary Bundesliga comeback and scored in his second game after the break on May 10, same in 1997 three goals against Arminia Bielefeld. A short time later, he suffered a relapse and had in December 1997 finally end his career after several months did not play again and the chronic fatigue syndrome (ME / CFS) fell ill.

When TSV 1860 Munich, he scored 67 in 25 top-flight operations and at FC Hansa Rostock 24 goals in 83 games (including 22 goals in 61 second-division games).

Since 2009 he occurs irregularly on as coach of the team tradition of 1860.

Report

The tired striker is the title of a published in 2000 documentary about Olaf Bodden fight against his disease. The film by writer Tom Theunissen aired 37 degrees in the ZDF series.

Others

Following Olaf Bodden, the German rock band Sportfreunde Stiller originally wanted to call the " Bodden ", to which it then but did not.

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