Stefan Markolf

Stefan Markolf
Personal information
Full name	Stefan Markolf
Date of birth	3 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth	Witzenhausen, West Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	KSV Baunatal
Youth career
1989–2000	VfB Witzenhausen
2000–2001	KSV Hessen Kassel
2001–2002	KSV Baunatal
Senior career*
Years	Team
2002–2004	KSV Baunatal
2004–2007	1. FSV Mainz 05 II
2007–2008	1. FSV Mainz 05
2008–2009	Wuppertaler SV
2009–2010	KSV Hessen Kassel
2010–	KSV Baunatal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 29 July 2012

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

Career

After joining the professional squad of 1. FSV Mainz 05 in 2007, where the defender was mostly substituted, he was signed by third division club Wuppertaler SV in 2008.^[1] After eight years he returned to KSV Hessen Kassel.

Personal

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 football matches. He wears special hearing aids while playing.

References

^ "Markolf, Stefan" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 29 July 2012.

External links

Official website (in German)
Stefan Markolf at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Stefan Markolf Interview

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[1] "Markolf, Stefan" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 29 July 2012.

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