Olaf Bodden
{{short description|German footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Olaf Bodden
| image = Olaf Bodden - 20080512.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Bodden in 2008
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|5|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kalkar, West Germany
| height = 1.92 m
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Striker
| years1 = 1989–1991 | caps1 = 3 | goals1 = 0 | clubs1 = Borussia Mönchengladbach
| years2 = 1991–1992 | caps2 = 22 | goals2 = 2 | clubs2 = Hansa Rostock
| years3 = 1992–1994 | caps3 = 83 | goals3 = 24 | clubs3 = Hansa Rostock
| years4 = 1994–1998 | caps4 = 67 | goals4 = 25 | clubs4 = 1860 Munich
| totalcaps = 175
| totalgoals = 51
}}
Olaf Bodden (born 4 May 1968) is a German former professional footballer who played as a striker.{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/olaf-bodden/spieler/bundesliga/1995-96/1860-muenchen | title = Bodden, Olaf | language = German | publisher = Kicker | access-date = 30 December 2010}}
Career
Bodden was born in Kalkar, West Germany. He had to end his active career in 1997 after he got Infectious mononucleosis and then Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS).{{cite web | url = http://www.bundesliga.de/de/liga2/news/2007/index.php?f=83095.php | title = Lebenslang die Grippe | language = German | publisher = bundesliga.de | accessdate = 30 December 2010 | date = 27 December 2007}} With the TSV 1860 Munich he scored 25 goals in 67 matches and is presently the record goal scorer of Hansa Rostock in the 2. Bundesliga.
"Der müde Stürmer" is the title of a German documentary on Bodden's fight against the chronic fatigue syndrome.{{cite web | url = http://www.probono.tv/sendungen/sendung.php?sendung=30&subnav=reportage | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111002071824/http://www.probono.tv/sendungen/sendung.php?sendung=30&subnav=reportage | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2011-10-02 | title = Der müde Stürmer}}
References
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External links
- Article and video [http://www.bild.de/BILD/sport/fussball/2009/07/12/fussball-im-leben/olaf-bodden/kein-immunsystem-und-kein-lebensmut-mehr.html "Ich hatte kein Immunsystem und keinen Lebensmut mehr"] at build.de {{in lang|de}}
- {{Fussballdaten|boddenolaf|Olaf Bodden}}
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Category:People with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:German men's footballers
Category:Borussia Mönchengladbach players
Category:Borussia Mönchengladbach II players
Category:FC Hansa Rostock players
Category:TSV 1860 Munich players
Category:2. Bundesliga players
Category:People from Kleve (district)
Category:Footballers from Düsseldorf (region)
Category:West German men's footballers
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