Simon Rolfes
Simon Rolfes (born 21 January 1982) is a German professional football official and a former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the managing director of sport for Bayer Leverkusen.
 Rolfes in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 21 January 1982 (aged 43) | ||
| Place of birth | Ibbenbüren, West Germany | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bayer Leverkusen (managing director of sport) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1999 | TuS Recke | ||
| 1999–2000 | Werder Bremen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2004 | Werder Bremen II | 100 | (18) |
| 2002–2004 | Werder Bremen | 0 | (0) |
| 2003 | → SSV Reutlingen (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Alemannia Aachen | 28 | (3) |
| 2005–2015 | Bayer Leverkusen | 288 | (41) |
| 2010 | → Bayer Leverkusen II | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 430 | (62) | |
| National team | |||
| 2002 | Germany U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Germany B | 3 | (0) |
| 2007–2011 | Germany | 26 | (2) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2018 | Bayer Leverkusen (academy manager) | ||
| 2018–2022 | Bayer Leverkusen (sporting director) | ||
| 2022– | Bayer Leverkusen (managing director of sport) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | DFB-Pokal | DFB-Ligapokal | Europe1 | Total | Ref. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Werder Bremen II | 2000–01 | Regionalliga Nord | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 5 | [2][3] | ||
| 2001–02 | 31 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 33 | 8 | [4][4] | ||||
| 2002–03 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 2 | [5][6] | ||||
| 2003–04 | 26 | 4 | — | — | — | 26 | 4 | [7] | |||||
| Total | 100 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 104 | 19 | — | ||
| Werder Bremen | 2002–03 | Bundesliga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | [6] |
| SSV Reutlingen | 2002–03 | 2. Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | [6] | ||
| Alemannia Aachen | 2004–05 | 2. Bundesliga | 28 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 37 | 3 | [8] | |
| Bayer Leverkusen | 2005–06 | Bundesliga | 32 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 7 | [6] |
| 2006–07 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 49 | 4 | [6] | ||
| 2007–08 | 34 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | 47 | 8 | [9] | |||
| 2008–09 | 33 | 3 | 6 | 1 | — | — | 39 | 4 | [10] | ||||
| 2009–10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 4 | [11] | ||||
| 2010–11 | 28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | [12] | |||
| 2011–12 | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 40 | 3 | [1] | |||
| 2012–13 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 7 | 0 | 40 | 4 | [13] | |||
| 2013–14 | 31 | 4 | 4 | 0 | — | 8 | 3 | 43 | 7 | [14] | |||
| 2014–15 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 33 | 1 | [15] | |||
| Total | 288 | 41 | 25 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 4 | 377 | 48 | — | ||
| Bayer Leverkusen II | 2010–11 | Regionalliga West | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 430 | 62 | 31 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 70 | 4 | 533 | 70 | — | ||
- 1.^ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Cup/Europa League.
International
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 2007 | 7 | 0 |
| 2008 | 10 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 26 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rolfes goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 September 2008 | Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein |  Liechtenstein |
3–0 | 6–0 | 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 2 | 11 November 2011 | Olimpiyskyi National Sports Complex, Kyiv, Ukraine |  Ukraine |
2–3 | 3–3 | Friendly |
Simon Rolfes Media
Rolfes and Bastian Schweinsteiger in a match against South Africa
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rolfes, Simon" (in German). kicker.de. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Simon Rolfes" (in German). Fussballdaten. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Simon Rolfes". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Simon Rolfes" (in German). Fussballdaten. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Simon Rolfes" (in German). Fussballdaten. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Simon Rolfes » Club matches" (in German). World Football. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Simon Rolfes" (in German). Fussballdaten. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Simon Rolfes". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Simon Rolfes". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Simon Rolfes". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Simon Rolfes". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Simon Rolfes". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Simon Rolfes". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Simon Rolfes". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Simon Rolfes". kicker.de (in German). kicker. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
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