Georg Niedermeier

2008/09 FC Bayern Munich
Georg Niedermeier (#32)

Born in Munich, Niedermeier previously played for SC Bogenhausen in a youth team before joining FC Bayern Munich at age 9, starting his way through the academy. Georg Niedermeier had played for FC Bayern Munich's reserve team since 2003, when he played his first seniors match in a 0-0 draw against FC Augsburg on 18 October at the age of 17. In the same 2003/04 Season Georg Niedermeier won the U19s Youth Bundesliga Championship with his team while simultaneously taking the step to the seniors team.

In 2008, Niedermeier was given the captain's armband in the opening game of the season against FC Union Berlin, with a 2–1 victory. Also in the same year, he became involved with the first team, when he made his professional debut. He was nominated for the squad of FC Bayern Munich for Bundesliga games against Hamburger SV and Borussia Dortmund in August 2008, and later against Olympique Lyonnais in the UEFA Champions League.

In January 2009, Niedermeier signed a new deal, keeping him in Munich until 2012.[2][3]

On 30 January 2009, he was loaned to VfB Stuttgart until June 2010, in order to gain first team experience.[4] After the move, Niedermeier said that he had more opportunity to play here (Stuttgart).[5] 29 days later on 1 March 2009, Niedermeier made his debut in a Bundesliga derby 2–0 win over rival Karlsruher SC. In his first half of a season at Stuttgart, he would make four more appearances due to suffering an ankle injury during the match against Borussia Dortmund.[6]

VfB Stuttgart finished 3rd after an incredible run in the second half of the season and qualified for the UEFA Champions League Playoffs 2009.

2009/10 VfB Stuttgart
Georg Niedermeier (#6) in training session

The 2009/10 Bundesliga season, Niedermeier scored his first goal of his Bundesliga career with a header, in a 1–1 draw at Signal Iduna Park against Borussia Dortmund on 28 August 2009.[7] In Stuttgart's Champions League campaign, Niedermeier made his Champions League debut on Matchday five, in a 2–0 victory at Ibrox-Park over Glasgow Rangers FC and another appearance in the Finals round of 16 second leg in Camp Nou against defending champion FC Barcelona. During this season Niedermeier lost only 1 out of his 12 League appearances and showed his value for the club on and off the pitch.

In the second half of the season on 11 February 2010 negotiations between FC Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart came to an end and Niedermeier signed a 4-year deal keeping him in Stuttgart until June 2014 .[8][9]

VfB Stuttgart finished 6th after having a good second half of the season once again - giving them the opportunity to take part in the Europe League Playoffs 2010 the following season.

The following Bundesliga season 2010/11 was becoming more important for Niedermeier as he was able to gain more playing time in Stuttgarts first team forming a central defense partnership with either Mathieu Delpierre or german national defender Serdar Tasci. He played a big role securing the first division (1.Bundesliga) after Stuttgart having had a disappointing first half of the season with only 12 points, sitting last in the ladder and been through two Head-Coaches (Christian Gross, Jens Keller) by that time already. Niedermeier was able to step up under new Head-Coach Bruno Labbadia making 16 out of 17 appearances, missing only one game due to a yellow card suspension and ended up being the most dangerous center back of the season with 5 goals in his 29 appearances. During the season, Niedermeier also made his Europa League debut in a 3–0 home win over BSC Young Boys and became more and more of a leader in the relegation fight. Stuttgart would end up in the Finals round 1 of the Europa League season 2010/11 losing to Champions League Drop-Out Benfica Lisboa but most importantly managed to stay in the league after another great run in the second half of the season.

VfB Stuttgart finished 12th after a turbulent season remaining in the Bundesliga.

2012/13 VfB Stuttgart
Georg Niedermeier (#6) celebrating goal vs Steaua București with fans

The following season, Niedermeier continued to retain his first team status once again, having retained it in the previous season, despite suffering an injury at the start of the season.[10] In a 2–2 draw against Werder Bremen on 23 September 2012, he played in a striker role after coming on for Shinji Okazaki and shortly after, he set up a goal for Cacau to make it 2–2, which was the final result. In the first game of the Europa League group stage, Niedermeier scored his first goal in a 2–2 draw against Steaua București. Niedermeier extended his contract with VfB Stuttgart on 9 January 2013 until June 2016.[11]

2016/2017 SC Freiburg
Georg Niedermeier signing 2 year deal

On 31 August 2016, free agent Niedermeier signed a contract with SC Freiburg.[12]

After a good start into the 2016/2017 Bundesliga Season with Niedermeier proofing that he was a massive help for Freiburg to fulfill their goals, he picked up a long lasting back injury in a training session in early October forcing him to watch most of the first and after a short comeback in January even the second half of the season from the stands.[13]

Nonetheless was Niedermeier a relentless motivator and coaches and club honored his role while the team played a remarkable Season finishing 7th and giving them the opportunity to play UEFA Europe League Qualification the following season.[14]

2017/2018 SC Freiburg
Niedermeiers car set on fire

2017 however Freiburg turned into a huge challenge for Niedermeier as Club politics changed massively when his move to later Bundesliga-side Union Berlin couldn't be finalized.[15] Due to his salary and the fact that young players surprised the year before, Niedermeier was cut of the team in order to force a move. His time turned even more into a nightmare when Unknown burned Niedermeiers Mercedes AMG down in front of his Apartment.[16]

Niedermeier finally joined australian powerhouse Melbourne Victory FC after he completed his medical on 24 July 2018.[17]

He joined european veterans Keisuke Honda, Olá Toivonen and Raul Baena to win the Hyundai A-League Championship 2018/19. After an injury disrupted season Victory finished third in the regular season allowing them to take part in the 2018/19 Finals series. It was Georg Niedermeier who scored the opening goal in the elimination final home win against Wellington Phoenix at AAMI Park on 3 May 2019, but unfortunately two weeks later Melbourne Victory pulled short against later Champions Sydney FC at Jubilee Oval.[18][19][20] During the 2018-2019 season Niedermeier picked up two concussions and tore his mid-foot ligament in duels after a good start of the campaign. He had 19 appearances in total and scored two goals. On 28 May 2019 Melbourne Victory FC announced that Niedermeier would depart the Club following the conclusion of the 2018/19 Hyundai A-League season. He left the Victory at the conclusion of the 2018–19 A-League season.[21][22]

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  Sydney FC vs Melbourne Victory