Viktor Maier

Viktor Mayer
Personal information
Date of birth	16 May 1990
Place of birth	Kant, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	FC Eintracht Rheine
Number	21
Youth career
	BW Schinkel[1]
0000–2006	VfL Osnabrück
2006–2009	Hamburger SV
Senior career*
Years	Team
2008–2011	Hamburger SV II
2011	Sportfreunde Lotte
2012–2013	VfL Osnabrück II
2013	TSV Havelse
2014–2016	SV Meppen
2016–2017	FC Emmen
2017–2021	SC Wiedenbrück
2021–	FC Eintracht Rheine
International career‡
2005–2006	Germany U16
2006–2007	Germany U17
2015–	Kyrgyzstan
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:27, 3 April 2022 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2022

Viktor Maier (Russian: Виктор Майер, tr. Viktor Mayer; born 16 May 1990) is a Kyrgyzstani-German footballer who plays as a winger for FC Eintracht Rheine. He made 21 appearances for the Kyrgyzstan national team scoring once.

Early life

Maier was born in Kant, Kirghiz SSR, Soviet Union, but emigrated with his parents to Osnabrück, Germany, when he was just ten months old.[2]

Maier was called up in May 2015 by Aleksandr Krestinin to represent Kyrgyzstan national team in the 2018 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers against Bangladesh and Australia.[3] He made his debut in a 3–1 victory against Bangladesh, playing the full match.[4]

Appearances and goals by national team and year[5]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Kyrgyzstan	2015	7	0
	2016	6	0
	2017	4	1
	2018	1	0
	2019	3	0
	2022	2	3
Total		23	4

Scores and results list Kyrgyzstan's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Maier goal.

List of international goals scored by Viktor Maier[5]
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	10 October 2017	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Myanmar	Myanmar	2–0	2–2	2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification
2	8 June 2022	Dolen Omurzakov Stadium, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	Singapore	2–1	2–1	2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification
3	11 June 2022		Myanmar	1–0	2–0
4	11 June 2022		Myanmar	2–0	2–0

"Mittelfeldspieler Viktor Maier im Porträt" [Midfielder Viktor Maier in portrait]. NOZ.de (in German). Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung. 20 July 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
"Viktor Maier: Fußballer zwischen zwei Welten". kicker.de. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
"Состав Национальной сборной Кыргызстана" (in Russian). ffkr.kg. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
"Bangladesh 1–3 Kyrgyzstan". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
"Viktor Maier". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 29 March 2016.

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