Andreas Mayer (born 13 September 1972) is a German former professional
footballer
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who played as a
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
.
He played for clubs in Germany, Norway and Scotland.
Career
Mayer was a youth player with
Bayern Munich
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, but never appeared for the first team.
In January 1999 he moved to
Scottish Premier League
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with
Aberdeen
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from Norwegian club
Rosenborg.
The transfer fee paid to Rosenborg was reported as £200,000.
In December 2000, with Mayer's contract running out in the summer, Aberdeen announced that he was free to leave the club.
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1972 births
Living people
People from Günzburg (district)
Footballers from Swabia (Bavaria)
German men's footballers
Men's association football midfielders
FC Augsburg players
FC Bayern Munich II players
FC St. Pauli players
Stabæk Fotball players
Rosenborg BK players
Aberdeen F.C. players
KSV Hessen Kassel players
SV Wilhelmshaven players
VfB Oldenburg players
2. Bundesliga players
Scottish Premier League players
Eliteserien players
German expatriate men's footballers
German expatriate sportspeople in Norway
Expatriate men's footballers in Norway
German expatriate sportspeople in Scotland
Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland
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