Roland Wohlfarth (born 11 January 1963) is a former professional

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who played as a forward.

Club career

Wohlfarth was born in Bocholt. He was active in the

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from 1981 until 1998, spanning 287 games and 120 goals. At first Wohlfarth played for Borussia Bocholt in his youth, then for

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, Bayern Munich,

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and Bochum. His career ended in the year 2000 at

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. With Bayern Munich he won the Bundesliga in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989 and 1990, the DFB Cup in 1986 and the DFL-Supercup in

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and

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. In the

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of the

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on 3 May 1986, Wohlfarth scored a hat-trick in a 5–2 victory against

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. At Bayern Munich he had to fight for his place in the first-team squad every season, against top class newcomers of the club. He usually found success in doing this, becoming top scorer of the Bundesliga on two occasions, in 1989 with 17 goals and 1991 with 21.

International career

Despite his club success with Bayern Munich, Wohlfarth only earned two caps for

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in 1986 and 1989 respectively. He failed to score in either appearance.

Controversy

In the first doping judgement of the Bundesliga from 16 February 1995, Wohlfarth was convicted of the intake of forbidden substances (

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s), and received a two-month ban.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Bayern Munich *

: 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1989–90 *

: 1985–86 * DFB/DFL-Supercup:

Individual * 2. Bundesliga top scorer 1983–84 * Bundesliga top scorer: 1988–89, 1990–91

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* * * 1963 births Living people People from Bocholt, Germany Sportspeople from Münster (region) German footballers Germany international footballers Association football forwards Germany under-21 international footballers Germany youth international footballers MSV Duisburg players FC Bayern Munich footballers AS Saint-Étienne players VfL Bochum players 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig players Wuppertaler SV players 1. FC Bocholt players Bundesliga players 2. Bundesliga players Ligue 1 players German expatriate footballers German expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in France Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia {{germany-footy-forward-1960s-stub