Maximilian Johannes Haas (born 7 December 1985) is a German former professional

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who played as a

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or a

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Career

Early years and Bayern

Born in

Freising Freising () is a university town in Bavaria, Germany, and the capital of the Freising (district), with a population of about 50,000. Location Freising is the oldest town between Regensburg and Bolzano, and is located on the Isar river in ...

Bavaria Bavaria, officially the Free State of Bavaria, is a States of Germany, state in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the list of German states by area, largest German state by land area, comprising approximately 1/5 of the total l ...

, Haas played four years in the

Landesliga The Landesliga () is a tier of football in some states of the German football league system. In Bavaria, Saxony, Thuringia, Bremen, Lower Saxony and Hamburg, the Landesligas are set right below the Oberliga and therefore are the sixth tier. The r ...

with hometown's SE Freising, before joining

Bayern Munich II FC Bayern Munich II (''FC Bayern Munich Amateure'' until 2005) are the German reserve football teams, reserve team of Football in Germany, German association football club FC Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich, currently playing in the Regionalliga B ...

in July 2007. He did not make his debut until 29 October of the following year, when he came on as a 59th-minute substitute for Mehmet Ekici in a 3–3 away draw against

SV Sandhausen Sportverein Sandhausen 1916 e.V., commonly known as simply SV Sandhausen or Sandhausen, is a Football in Germany, German association football club that plays in Sandhausen, immediately to the south of Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg. It is Ger ...

, but soon became a regular in the team, initially in midfield but subsequently in defence; he scored his first goal for the reserves on 14 February 2009, in a 3–2 loss at

Dynamo Dresden Sportgemeinschaft Dynamo Dresden e.V., commonly known as SG Dynamo Dresden or Dynamo Dresden, is a German association football club based in Dresden, Saxony.Grüne, Hardy (2001). Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs 7. Vereinslexikon. Kasse ...

. In 2010, Haas was picked by Bayern Munich manager

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for the main squad, but continued to play mainly for the B-side. He appeared in pre-season friendlies with the former, most notably the

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farewell match against

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, but, not being involved in any competitive games, moved to England on 31 January 2011 and signed for

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club

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for an undisclosed fee.

Middlesbrough

Haas made his debut for ''Boro'' against

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, playing the last eight minutes in a 3–0 home defeat. He made his first full start in a 4–2 victory at Hull City, on 23 April 2011. At the end of the season, Haas was released.

Portugal

In January 2012, Haas had a trial at

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, but nothing came of it. At the end of the month he moved to

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and joined U.D. Leiria, signing until 30 June 2014. On 12 February 2012, Haas made his official debut for his new team, playing the full 90 minutes in a 4–0 away loss to

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. He was used regularly until the end of the campaign, but eventually terminated his contract alongside several other players due to lack of payments, as the side ranked 16th and last in the

Primeira Liga The Primeira Liga (), also known as Liga Portugal Betclic for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Portugal and the highest level of the Portuguese football league system. Organised and supervised by the Liga ...

. On 26 June 2012, Haas signed with S.C. Braga for three years. He played his first league match the following 6 January, playing the entire 1–0 home win against Moreirense; his competitive debut had taken place on 16 November, in the 3–1 success at Pampilhosa for the season's

Taça de Portugal The Taça de Portugal (; ) is an annual association football competition and the premier knockout tournament in Portuguese football. For sponsorship reasons, it has been known as Taça de Portugal Generali Tranquilidade since the 2024–25 seaso ...

. Haas scored his first and only goal for the

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side on 2 January 2013, helping to a 2–1 away win over

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for the

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Honours

Bayern Munich *

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2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

Braga *

: 2012–13

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Haas, Maximilian 1985 births Living people Sportspeople from Freising Footballers from Upper Bavaria German men's footballers Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Men's association football utility players 3. Liga players FC Bayern Munich II players FC Bayern Munich footballers English Football League players Middlesbrough F.C. players Primeira Liga players U.D. Leiria players S.C. Braga players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in England German expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal 21st-century German sportsmen