Steffen Wohlfarth (born 14 September 1983) is a German professional

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and former

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who was most recently the manager of

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club

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. During his playing days, he was a striker. He is known for nickname as "Wolfman".

Career

Born in

Friedrichshafen Friedrichshafen ( or ; Low Alemannic: ''Hafe'' or ''Fridrichshafe'') is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance (the ''Bodensee'') in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital (''K ...

, Wohlfarth started his football career at SC Schnetzenhausen and

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before moving to

SC Freiburg Sport-Club Freiburg e.V., commonly known as SC Freiburg (), is a Football in Germany, German professional football club, based in the city of Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg. It plays in the Bundesliga, having been promoted as champions ...

. He played for the club's reserve side and, three years later, was promoted to the club's first team ahead of the 2005–06 season. Due to lack of first-team opportunities at Freiburg, Wohlfarth joined

FC Ingolstadt 04 Fußballclub Ingolstadt 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Ingolstadt 04 or FC Ingolstadt, is a German football club based in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. The club was founded in 2004 out of the merger of the football sides of two other clubs: ESV Ingolsta ...

in 2006. In the 2007–08 season, the club was promoted to the 2. Bundesliga, where Wohlfarth scored eleven goals in 33 appearances. He made his debut in the 2. Bundesliga for Ingolstadt on 17 August 2008 when he started in a game against Greuther Fürth. Having his career resurrected, his Ingolstadt career soon faded and under manager Benno Möhlmann, Wohlfarth left the club on 21 December 2010 by mutual consent with immediate effect. On 7 January 2011, Wohlfarth joined

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 ...

on a two-year contract. He made his debut on 22 January 2011 in a 2–0 loss against

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. On 11 February 2011, he scored his first goal, a penalty, in a 2–1 loss against Carl Zeiss Jena. During the season, Wohlfarth scored six goals for Bayern Munich II while the club was relegated from the

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after finishing 20th place. After Bayern Munich II's relegation, Wohlfarth joined

SV Wehen Wiesbaden SV Wehen Wiesbaden is a German association football club based in Wiesbaden, Hesse. The club was previously known as ''SV Wehen'' but added ''Wiesbaden'' to its name during the summer of 2007. They left their previous ground, the Taunusstein, t ...

on a two-year contract. He scored twice on his debut, in a 2–1 win over

Werder Bremen II SV Werder Bremen II is the reserve team of SV Werder Bremen. It plays in the Bremenliga, the fifth level of the German football league system, and has qualified for the first round of the DFB-Pokal on nineteen occasions. It also has won the Germ ...

. In his first season, Wohlfarth was used more often in the first team, making 35 appearances and scoring 10 times. During the 2012–13 season his first-team opportunities became limited.On 2 January 2013, it was announced that Wohlfarth had left Wehen Wiesbaden by mutual consent with immediate effect. A week after his release, on 21 January 2013, Wohlfarth joined SPL side Ross County on a short term deal. Nine days later, he made his debut for the club, coming on as a substitute in a 1–0 win over Hibernian. He made ten appearances coming on as a substitute in the second half, including his first goal, which was a winner, in a 3–2 win over

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on 9 March 2013. Several weeks later, on 6 April 2013, Wohlfarth scored twice, as Ross County lost 4–2 against Hearts. At the end of the 2012–13 season, Wohlfarth said he might leave the club, citing personal reasons. Having been offered a new contract by the club, Wohlfarth left the club. Following his released from Ross County, Wohlfarth announced his retirement from professional football. In 2013, he joined

side

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wohlfarth, Steffen Living people 1983 births Sportspeople from Friedrichshafen Footballers from Tübingen (region) German men's footballers German football managers Men's association football forwards SC Freiburg players FC Ingolstadt 04 players FC Bayern Munich II players SV Wehen Wiesbaden players 2. Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Ross County F.C. players Scottish Premier League players German expatriate men's footballers German expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland 21st-century German sportsmen